Welch v. King
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Roane County. Action of detinue by James Welch against W. S. King and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, PRESIDENT :
Review of this verdict and judgment for the defendant, in an action of detinue for the recovery of the possession of an automobile, involves consideration and application of certain principles of the law of title to personal property, agency, sale, bona fide purchaser and trial practice.
Both the plaintiff and W. S. King, one of the defendants, claim title to the automobile by direct and separate purchases from O. D. Strader, the former by a contract made at Park-ersburg, West Virginia, August 4, 1916, and the latter by a contract made at Spencer, West Virginia, August…
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