Leffler v. Spindler

Plaintiff brought this action for conversion of his wrecked tractor and chip trailer by defendant, who had recovered and towed the vehicles to his place of business and retained their possession. Defendant counterclaimed to foreclose a possessory lien on the vehicles.

Plaintiff appeals from the judgment awarding defendant towing and storage charges for the vehicles, finding that defendant has a valid possessory lien in the amount of the charges awarded and ordering foreclosure of the lien. In his first two assignments of error, plaintiff contends that defendant had no possessory lien, because…