Clark v. Corser

On November 1, 1921, defendants Cochran and Merrill were doing business as the La Fayette-St. Paul Company. Plaintiff was in *509their employ as automobile salesman. On that day Cochran, acting for the company, gave to plaintiff an instrument purporting to be a bill of sale of a La Fayette touring ear for the sum of $4,000, which the instrument recited had been paid in full. In fact plaintiff had paid only $2,000, and the bill of sale was given to facilitate a sale of the car by him to a prospective purchaser. As part of the transaction, the car was delivered to plantiff. The prospective sale was…