Gaffner v. American Finance Co.

— This was an action for money had and received. The defendant Sargent was connected with the defendant American Finance Company. The facts .as found by the trial court (and which are clearly supported by the evidence) are as follows: One Hughes stole an automobile in California and drove it to Seattle. Sometime thereafter he sought to obtain a loan on it from the finance company. It did not know Hughes and did not know anything about the title to the machine. After making such investigation as it could, it concluded that Hughes owned the machine, and made him a loan thereon in the sum of…