Stackhouse Oldsmobile, Inc. v. Petry

This is an appeal on questions of law by defendants, appellants herein, from the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas in favor of plaintiff, appellee herein.

Plaintiff sold a 1957 Cadillac coupe to defendant Eugene W. Petry in April 1960 for $2,787.82. Due to an error in the office of the General Motors Acceptance Corporation, which financed the sale of this automobile, the chattel mortgage listed the price of this automobile as being $2,074.82 instead of $2,787.82, and the amount received by plaintiff from the finance company for defendant Eugene W. Petry was short $713.00.

When the officers…