West v. Klumpp

CULPEPPER, Judge.

The plaintiff, J. R. West, seeks to rescind the sale of a 1954 Chevrolet truck with a fuel tank mounted thereon, and to obtain judgment for damages in the sum of $70,-000 and attorneys’ fees in the sum of $8,000. The defendant, Charles Klumpp, was the auctioneer at the sale to plaintiff. The basis of plaintiff’s suit is that after he purchased the truck he could not obtain a certificate of title, and therefore could not use it for the purpose for which he bought it, i.e., to mount welding equipment on it and drive it on the highway. After a trial on the merits, the district…