Davis v. Gonzales

HALL, Justice.

Appellee John D. Gonzales sued appellant F. M. Davis to recover the sum of $830-he paid to him for an automobile, which was stolen property.

Judgment was rendered for appellee and appellant’s appeal submits six points of error, which are in substance, that the trial court erred in granting appellee judgment for the amount of money appellant received from appellee for purchase of the automobile, because the transaction was against public policy, contrary to the penal laws of the state, null and void; therefore the court should have left both parties in the same position where it…