Mathis v. Overland Automobile Co. of Dallas

Appellee filed suit against appellant to recover on a note for $200 and to foreclose a mortgage lien against an automobile which it had sold appellee, alleging the value of the automobile at $500. Appellant answered, admitting the execution of the note and mortgage, and by way of cross-action alleged that the automobile at the time he purchased same was secondhand, that appellee had made certain false representations to him with reference to the condition of the automobile, and that it had cost him $195.41 to have said car repaired and put in condition, giving ,an itemized statement thereof,…