Hertz Driv-Ur-Self Stations Inc. v. Arnold

Under the rule that the testimony of a party who offers himself as a witness in his own behalf is to be construed most strongly against him when it is self-contradictory, vague, or equivocal, the plaintiff’s own evidence (including letters written by the plaintiff, which were introduced in evidence by him) as to the authority of the defendant in fi. fa. to sell the trucks, defeated his right of recovery against the claimant, who, under the facts stipulated, was a bona fide purchaser without notice of any understanding between the plaintiff, the defendant,. and the plaintiff’s attorney. Hogan…