Park Circle Motor Co. v. Willis

This suit was brought in the Superior Court of Baltimore City by George C. Willis against Park Circle Motor Company for breach of warranty of title to a Cadillac sedan sold by defendant to plaintiff and subsequently found to be stolen property.

Defendant, who had purchased the automobile from a licensed used car dealer in New York City, sold it to plaintiff on July 25, 1950, for $3,195. On March 8, 1951, agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and city police discovered that the car had been stolen in Elizabeth, New Jersey, from Milton Serota, and thereupon seized it for the true owner,…