Scholman v. Joplin Automobile Auction Co.

HOGAN, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action against the defendant, Joplin Automobile Auction Company, a corporation, for failure to redeliver an automobile which plaintiff had placed with the defendant for sale. Trial to the court without a jury resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of $2,700. The defendant has appealed.

The defendant, as its name indicates, engaged in the automobile auction business. It conducted sales, apparently one night a week, on a fenced lot in or near Joplin, Missouri. The defendant employed “about 30” people, of whom 23 or 24 were part-time…