Los Angeles Warehouse Co. v. County of Los Angeles

ARCHIBALD, J., pro tem.

Appeal by defendant from a judgment on an open book account for storage alleged to be due, owing and unpaid on certain automobiles stored at its request.

It was stipulated that the drivers of the twenty cars involved were arrested at the various times the machines were seized, upon charges which included in each instance the transportation of intoxicating liquor in violation of the Wright Act, and that the cars were delivered to plaintiff by the arresting officers for storage at an agreed price per month. The evidence shows that the cars were ultimately sold by plaintiff…