Rangel v. Bock Motor Co.

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

Appellee, the plaintiff below, brought this suit to collect on the unpaid balance due it under an installment contract executed by appellant, the defendant below, for the purchase of a new Ford automobile.

Appellant answered by pleading cancellation of the contract and filed a cross action for restitution of his down payment and monthly installments that he had paid on the theory that the automobile was worthless and, in the alternative, for damages in conversion.

The case was tried to the court sitting without a jury and judgment was entered that appellee recover from…