Dressel v. Gregory

The plaintiff recovered a judgment against the defendant for damages due to a fraudulent misrepresentation as to the year of manufacture of an automobile purchased of the latter. The defendant’s principal contention upon the appeal is that the real purchaser of the car was the wife of the plaintiff for whom he was acting as agent in the transaction. The automobile was bought under a conditional bill of sale and a separate memorandum of the sale was made at the time. Both these documents were signed by the plaintiff but not by his wife. Notes were given for the unpaid part of the purchase…