Dowd v. Maloney Motors, Inc.

The plaintiff brings this action to recover damages sustained by him as a result of an alleged conversion of his 1937 Studebaker and other personal effects by the defendant corporation.

All the material facts reported by the trial judge may be summarized as follows:—

The plaintiff, a minor, was driving his automobile in December, 1951. When he reached a spot in front of the defendant’s garage, his car "conked” out. *147Two of the defendant’s employees rolled the car to the gasoline pump and filled it with gasoline, but the car would still not run. The mechanic employed by the defendant told the…