Oilbelt Motor Co. v. Hinton

The plaintiff, Luke Hinton, exchanged his promissory note in the sum of 8500 and a secondhand Chevrolet car valued at $395, to the defendant, Oilbelt Motor Company, for a secondhand Studebaker car valued at $895. The condition of the Studebaker and its performance not being .up to a 30-day guaranty, as alleged by the plaintiff, he returned the same to defendant. Later he filed this suit for $395, the trade-in value of the Chevrolet. Trial before the court and jury resulted in a verdict favorable to the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals. The parties will be referred to as in the trial court.