MESSERALL v. FULWIDER

Docket No. C000318.

199 Cal.App.3d 1324 (1988)

245 Cal. Rptr. 548

TERRY H. MESSERALL, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RON FULWIDER, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

March 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert F. Koehler, Jr., for Defendant and Appellant.

Dana F. Winterrowd for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

SIMS, J.

In this case, we discuss what a professional bailee should do when someone other than the bailor demands possession of the bailed property. We conclude that when the bailee is presented with reasonably compelling evidence demonstrating a third party is entitled to possession, the bailee must investigate the third party claim. At a minimum, the bailee should try to...

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