Kesinger v. Burtrum

STONE, Judge.

In her petition filed herein on September 17, 1953, plaintiff alleged that, on or about February 25, 1951, she had purchased from defendant, a used car dealer at Joplin, Missouri, a 1948 Ford tudor automobile, motor number A2298212, for $1,180; that she had delivered to defendant “as a down payment” a used automobile of the value of $400 and had executed a promissory note for $780, on which $604.08 had been paid; that, although demanded by plaintiff “on numerous occasions,” defendant had failed and refused to deliver to plaintiff a certificate of title to the 1948 Ford automobile…