Watson Bros. Realty Co. v. Associates Discount Corp.

Plaintiff, Watson Brothers Realty Company (by order of court substituted for Watson Brothers Transportation Company, Inc.), was engaged in business at Omaha, Nebraska. The record indicates it was also a licensed automobile dealer and occasionally had Loyal Auto Exchange of Omaha sell cars for it at public auction. In December 1948 it sent a Ford car to Loyal for that purpose and furnished Loyal the certificate of title required by Nebraska statutes to transfer the car to the buyer. This was assigned in blank by plaintiff so the name of the buyer could be filled in.

George E. Mickel, Jr., was…