Kirk v. Madsen

— Defendants Madsen (“Madsen Motor Company”) and Bird (“Tri-State Motor Company”) are used-car dealers in Sioux City, Iowa. Plaintiff has lived at Onawa, Iowa, for twenty-eight years and describes himself as “engaged in * * # farming, ranching and rodeoing.” He bought this Buick car in question at Gibbon, Nebraska, the last of May 1948 for $2500 and received a “certificate of title” a couple of weeks later, issued by the state of Nebraska. He says he bought the ear “for the purpose of selling it again.”

He first met defendant Madsen June 21 or 22. After some negotiations he agreed to sell the…