BENEFICIAL FINANCE CO. ETC. v. Nelson

The facts giving rise to this litigation are as follows: The appellee Dorothy Nelson is a widow. Sometime before his death her late husband Edgar Nelson purchased a 1958 two-door Mercury sedan from Strickland Motors, Inc. of Indianapolis for $3,087.53 on which he received a trade-in credit of $1,700.53. The balance of the purchase price in the sum of $1,387.00 together with financing and insurance charges in the sum of $166.44 was secured by a conditional sales contract wherein the seller retained title to the automobile until said unpaid balance of $1,553.44 was fully paid at the rate of…