La Plante v. Du Pont

The plaintiff, a resident of Hancock, owned a Chalmers automobile (1910 model). In the fall of 1919, he left it in defendant’s garage in Laurium for storage during the winter and also to have the mud guards and hood painted. It is his claim that it was then in good working condition. *345When he went after it in the spring of 1920 the painting had not been done. He testified that when he went again some weeks later—

“they were taking the car apart. * * * I says, ‘What’s the matter?’ ‘Oh,’ he said, ‘you stripped the gears last fall.’ I says, ‘if there is any gears stripped, you must have done it…