Boos v. Claude

This is an action for personal injuries claimed to have been sustained as the result of an alleged defect in a used automobile sold to the plaintiff by the defendants. The pleadings admit that the defendants, under the name of Murphy Finance Company, are engaged “in the business of financing the purchase and sale of motor vehicles, in repossessing those not paid for and in selling them to the public for the use upon the public highways.” The facts disclose that in August, 1939, plaintiff’s brother contacted one J. W. McNabb, the assistant manager of the Murphy Finance Company. Plaintiff’s…