Jones

Mrs. Marie S. Bullard was the owner of a Cadillac automobile. She allowed her son-in-law and daughter, James W. Towne and wife, to keep the custody of it and to have the use of it. In November, 1922, the car was in need of repairs. Mr. Towne so informed Mrs. Bullard, and she told him to deliver the car into the possession of Joseph Carrigan, one of the defendants. After the car had been delivered Mrs. Bullard called on Carrigan and was informed as to the nature of the defects and the repairs necessary, and made an agreement with him to make the repairs and fixed the amount of his compensation. The repairs to be made included, among other things, the tightening of the bearings. The labor was to be done by Carrigan in his garage at his convenience. When the car had been repaired the bearings were so stiff that the car would not respond to the starter. Therefore Carrigan blocked the car up and allowed the engine to run, and, carrying out the same purpose, he drove the car outside of the shop and drove it around to different places. While doing so, on one occasion, he stopped the car on a side-hill in front of his own house, which is located on Pierce Street between Vallejo and Green…