Waterman v. Colorado Lease & Investment Co.

Defendant in error, Colorado Lease and Investment Company, Inc., in an action it had filed in the district court of Pueblo county against Walter L. Hays and Cyrus Waterman, obtained a judgment by default against Cyrus Waterman on September 1, 1953. Cyrus Waterman was the owner of a 1948 Ford truck and had regularly obtained license plates therefor. On May 15, 1953, Cyrus Waterman made an assignment of the title to said truck to “Orza’s Auto Parts,” which was the trade name of plaintiff in error Orza Waterman, a brother of Cyrus Waterman. Under this trade name Orza Waterman operated a used-car…