Pettaway v. Commercial Automotive Service, Inc.

49 Wn.2d 650 (1957)

306 P.2d 219

LOUIS H. PETTAWAY, Respondent,

v.

COMMERCIAL AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE, INC., Appellant.[1]

No. 33491.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 11, 1957.

Bogle, Bogle & Gates and J. Kenneth Brody, for appellant.

Kane & Spellman, for respondent.

FINLEY, J.

This is an action for damages for the breach of an alleged contract for the purchase and sale of an automobile.

The defendant company displayed a special model, a 1953 Buick "Skylark," automobile in its show window. The plaintiff saw the car and discussed its purchase with a Mr. Shaw, one of defendant corporation's…