Cone v. Ariss

In the first cause of action of his amended complaint, plaintiff alleged that he purchased a new Studebaker automobile from defendant under an oral conditional contract of sale; that he paid $125 on the total purchase price of $757; and that defendant wrongfully took possession of the car and converted it to his own use, to plaintiff’s damage in the sum of $243.

Defendant answered, denying all the material allegations of the first cause of action, and, by what he denominated as an affirmative defense and cross-complaint, alleged that he had employed plaintiff as an automobile salesman on a…