Miller v. Colonial Underwriters Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Charles E. Miller brought replevin against the Colonial Underwriters Insurance Company and others for the possession of a Ford automobile. A verdict for the plaintiff was set aside, and a new trial was granted on motion of the insurance company on the sole ground that error had been committed in refusing to allow it to introduce in evidence a Missouri statute requiring certain steps to be taken to effect a valid sale of a car.

The evidence tended to show these facts: J. Cohen, of Kansas *241City, Mo., owned a Ford coupe which on August 29, 1921,…