Service Finance Corp. v. Singleton

Jasper Singleton brought this suit for actual and exemplary damages for the conversion of an automobile by Service Finance *88Corporation and Bert Wilcut. Respondent alleged that on or about May 16, 1939, he purchased for cash a Chrysler automobile from W. A. Utzman, an automobile dealer; that he purchased the automobile without the knowledge that any lien existed against it; that such automobile on the date of purchase and prior thereto had been daily exposed for sale by W. A. Utzman, and that consequently he was a bona fide purchaser thereof within the meaning of Article 5497a Vernon’s…