Coffman Truck Sales v. Sackley Cartage Co.

Plaintiff, Coffman Truck Sales, drop-shipped two of its trucks for the purpose of resale to another dealer, Interstate GMC, Inc. Interstate sold and delivered possession of the trucks to defendant, Sackley Cartage Company. Sackley had dealt with Interstate’s salesman when he previously worked for another dealership; the salesman took the papers necessary to provide documentation of title and told Sackley that he would “handle everything”; Sackley later requested delivery of the title documents, although the complete set of title papers, including the certificate of origin, was never delivered…