Pettaway v. Commercial Automotive Service, Inc.

This is an action for damages for the breach of an alleged contract for the purchase and sale of an automobile.

The defendant company displayed a special model, a 1953 Buick “Skylark,” automobile in its show window. The plaintiff saw the car and discussed its purchase with a Mr. Shaw, one of defendant corporation’s salesmen. Thereafter, the plaintiff signed one of the defendant corporation’s order forms on which the price of the new car was stated as $5,667, and $1,500 was designated as a credit *652allowance for plaintiff’s 1948 Chrysler. The plaintiff, a merchant seaman, testified that the…