Smith v. Crescent Chevrolet Co.

On May 18, 1938, the Crescent Chevrolet Company, Inc., secured a judgment against E.J. Smith for the sum of $581.28, with interest and cost, being the value of a car traded to said company by Smith on a new car, plus repairs made on this traded car by the company and attorney's fees paid by the company. It developed that the traded car had been stolen by some one and because of that fact the car was reclaimed by the real owner and taken from the customer to whom the company had sold it. This judgment against Smith was rendered by default on a citation with a return made by the deputy sheriff…