Bentinck

This is a companion case to that of Bentinck v. Menotti, ante, p. 409 [ 275 Pac. 849 ]. The facts in the instant case are the same, except that this is a ease in claim and delivery for the recovery of the same automobile, the defendant Menotti being sued in his individual capacity, and H. S. Bell is added as a defendant, Bell being the keeper and owner of the garage in which the automobile in question was stored while under attachment by Constable Menotti.

The evidence shows the automobile was placed in the garage of Bell by the constable on the twenty-sixth day of September, 1927; that on the twenty-fourth day of December, 1927, Menotti, as constable, received an order to release the attachment upon said automobile, and immediately notified the attorney of the appellant that he could have possession of the automobile upon the paying of the garage fees. Menotti notified Bell to deliver the automobile to either the appellant or his attorney upon payment of his fees for storing and keeping the automobile. The appellant refused to pay the storage fees, which amounted to twenty-five dollars, and brought the present action in claim and delivery in the superior court of the county of…