C. Jon Development Corp. v. Pand-Rorsche Corp.

Plaintiff, C. Jon Development Corporation, commenced an action in replevin to recover a Mercedes-Benz automobile. Subsequently, an amended complaint was filed in trover seeking to recover from the Evanston Motor Company, Inc., the sum of $3,200 the money value of the automobile, and additional damages in the sum of $750 for the wrongful detention, use, and deprivation of the automobile. The trial court entered judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of $1,600 without costs, and Evanston Motor Company has appealed.

We summarize the evidence. Early in June of 1963, the plaintiff advertised a…