Humphrey Cadillac & Oldsmobile, Inc. v. Sinard

This is an appeal from judgments of the Circuit Court of Cook County awarding possession of two Cadillac automobiles to the plaintiff, Humphrey Cadillac and Oldsmobile Co., Inc., hereinafter referred to as Humphrey. Defendants’ theory on this appeal is: (1) That the plaintiff, by its agent and employee, William Warhurst, placed the Cadillac automobiles in the hands of a dealer in automobiles, and, by doing so, gave that dealer power to transfer all rights of the plaintiff in the automobiles; (2) that plaintiff Humphrey is bound by the acts of its agent and employee even though such acts may…