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Bos v. Holleman De Weerd Auto Co.

Supreme Court of Michigan
Apr 17, 1929
225 N.W. 1 (Mich. 1929)

Opinion

Docket No. 12, Calendar No. 34,056.

Submitted January 9, 1929.

Decided April 17, 1929.

Error to Ottawa; Cross (Orien S.), J. Submitted January 9, 1929. (Docket No. 12, Calendar No. 34,056.) Decided April 17, 1929.

Assumpsit by Henry Bos against the Holleman De Weerd Auto Company for recovery of purchase price on automobile. From judgment for defendant, plaintiff brings error. Reversed, and judgment entered for plaintiff.

Fred T. Miles, for plaintiff.

Lokker Den Herder, for defendant.


Defendant sold plaintiff an automobile on time without delivering to him a certificate of title thereto. Plaintiff used the car approximately three months, and, not being able to secure a certificate of title, returned the car to defendant and sued to recover what he had paid. There was judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. The sale was void. Act No. 46, Pub. Acts 1921, as amended by Act No. 16, Pub. Acts 1923. Plaintiff was entitled to a judgment for the amount of money he had paid, plus the interest, it having been paid without consideration. Endres v. Mara-Rickenbacker Co., 243 Mich. 5.

Judgment reversed, and judgment will be entered for plaintiff, with costs.

NORTH, C.J., and FEAD, FELLOWS, WIEST, CLARK, McDONALD, and SHARPE, JJ., concurred.


Summaries of

Bos v. Holleman De Weerd Auto Co.

Supreme Court of Michigan
Apr 17, 1929
225 N.W. 1 (Mich. 1929)
Case details for

Bos v. Holleman De Weerd Auto Co.

Case Details

Full title:BOS v. HOLLEMAN DE WEERD AUTO CO

Court:Supreme Court of Michigan

Date published: Apr 17, 1929

Citations

225 N.W. 1 (Mich. 1929)
225 N.W. 1

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