Hampton v. Commercial Credit Corp.

Action for damages for alleged unlawful sale of automobile in violation of plaintiff’s rights under Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act, 50 U. S. C. A. Appendix, sec. 501 et seq. From judgment in favor of plaintiff the defendants have filed separate appeals.

On January 22, 1941, the plaintiff Jack S. Hampton purchased from the defendant Shelby J. Kelley an automobile and executed the usual conditional sale contract covering the automobile, which contract Kelley on the same day assigned to the defendant Commercial Credit Corporation who thereafter notified Hampton of the assignment.

Hampton…