Handy v. C. I. T. Corp.

This is an action of tort for conversion of an automobile. The trial judge directed a verdict for the defendant. The relevant facts disclosed by the plaintiffs’ bill of exceptions are these:

The defendant, a finance company, had a general business arrangement, followed in the instant case, with one *158Stiles, a retail dealer in automobiles. An automobile would first be received by the distributor in Boston from the factory. Stiles would go to Boston to take possession of the automobile. The distributor would make out a bill of sale to the defendant; eighty-five to ninety per cent of the purchase…