Motors Ins. Corp. v. Garage

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of defendant in an action for conversion of an automobile. The plaintiff is an insurance company, which, after the alleged conversion, paid to Floyd Kinchelow, the owner of the car, the value of the car, under a theft policy issued by it to Floyd Kinchelow. It then brought this suit as subrogee of Kinchelow. Defendant maintains a garage for the storage and parking of automobiles. The conversion alleged was the delivery by defendant of the automobile to one not authorized by Kinchelow to receive it. The jury returned a verdict for defendant, and, on…