Alberts v. Pickard

This is an action brought under a federal law wherein the plaintiff, by his next friend, seeks to recover treble damages by virtue of the sale of an automobile to a minor, over and above the ceiling price as provided for in such statute.

The record discloses from the plaintiff’s evidence, that the minor, in company with his father and mother, went into the business place of the defendant and, after negotiations, purchased an automobile for the amount of $1,250, which was $344.25 above the ceiling price as established in the automobile trade. The defendant, by his answer, denied that the minor…