Bantin v. Stanley Automobile Agency

This action was tried in the Essex County Circuit Court, with a jury, and a verdict for $67,5 was rendered in favor of the plaintiff.

The plaintiff entered into a contract to purchase from defendant a second-hand Stanley automobile; a car was later delivered to plaintiff, together with a bill of sale, dated March 29th, 1923, and describing the car as “one Stanley, seven-passenger touring, 728 model, serial 16146, manufacturer’s No. 1584.”

Plaintiff alleges that defendant’s agent fraudulently misrepresented the model to be 1918, whereas, in fact, it was 1917. Plaintiff discovered the fraud in…