Erwin v. Southwest Investment Co.

On July 16, 1946, C. B. Erwin, the owner of a Lincoln automobile, made an agreement with L. W. Dunn, a secondhand automobile dealer, for Dunn to sell the automobile as Erwin’s agent. Dunn requested Erwin to deliver the certificate of title to him so that Dunn could exhibit it to prospective purchasers to show his authority to make the sale. Erwin signed his name to the blank transfer printed on the back of the certificate and delivered it to Dunn, but did not fill in the name of the transferee and refused to comply with Dunn’s suggestion to go before a notary public to swear to the transfer,…