Kuhlmann v. Purpera

This is a suit in which plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of $1,500 alleged to be the amount due by defendant as the purchase price of a certain 1941 model GMC Truck and Nabors Trailer. Writs of sequestration were issued under which the truck in question was seized.

Defendant resisted plaintiff's demands on the ground that the truck was affected with hidden defects of whose existence defendant was not aware at the time of the sale, which defects prevented the truck from performing the services for which it had been purchased, and rendered the same useless to defendant. After trial there was…