Smith v. Cowen

CROSS, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment awarding plaintiffs compensation for property damage to an automobile sustained in a collision with another automobile driven by defendant.

Prior to the collision plaintiff Lyle D. Smith bought the automobile involved from plaintiff Edgar Berg, otherwise designated as Red River Motor Company. The transaction was a time payment conditional sales contract providing that Smith have possession and use of the car, but that legal title should remain in Red River until Smith paid the purchase price in full. While the contract was still in effect and when…