Ward v. Reisdorf

The transaction out of which this case arose took place at Aberdeen, S. D., where the parties were staying at the Radison hotel. Plaintiff spent part of her time at Seattle, where she had left a Durant car in charge of Wm. Howell, with instructions to him to sell it either himself or through others, and he authorized Nash Company in Seattle to sell it. Defendant was an art dealer, and in conversations with plaintiff about the car he agreed to give her three water color paintings for the car, which he represented to be worth $500 each. She testified that she told him if the car was not sold…