Dowd v. Russell

The plaintiff brought this action in claim and delivery to recover an automobile in defendant’s possession and alleged in the complaint to belong to the plaintiff. The defendant answered, denying that the plaintiff was the owner of the automobile and alleging that the defendant was the owner thereof. Judgment was entered in favor of the defendant and the plaintiff has appealed. The facts are undisputed.

The plaintiff is an attorney at law and for several years prior to August 15, 1923, he had been attorney for R. L. Breck and the latter was indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of #155 for…