Hanavan v. Vrusho

This is an action of contract in which the court awarded damages to the plaintiff because, after purchasing a motor vehicle from a business known as Centre Auto Sales, the plaintiff was not furnished title papers to the vehicle, was accordingly unable to register it and unable to operate it except for a period of six months during which he used dealer plates supplied by the seller.

The plaintiff alleged that the defendant was the liable party even though he dealt only with asalesman named Gallagher and the defendant’s son, one Paul Vrusho. The issue in the case is not whether the plaintiff was…