Jacobs v. Street
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover the amount of several promissory notes representing the unpaid portion of the purchase price of a second-hand automobile, with an additional count for labor and materials furnished, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Wolfe, J.; verdict for the defendant, which the court, upon motion of the plaintiff, set aside, and from this decision the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The defendant purchased from the plaintiff a second-hand automobile for $375, paying for the same by giving to the plaintiff $100 in cash and negotiable promissory notes, five for $50 each, and one for $25. One of these notes was subsequently paid, leaving four notes for $50 each, and one for $25, unpaid. This action was brought on five counts to recover on these five notes, and on a sixth count to recover for repairs made on the automobile subsequent to its purchase. The allegations of the count for the repairs, amounting to $30, were not denied, and hence admitted under the rules. The…
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