Tiffany v. Times Square Automobile Co.

Citation168 Mo. App. 729,154 S.W. 865
PartiesTIFFANY v. TIMES SQUARE AUTOMOBILE CO.
Decision Date03 March 1913
CourtCourt of Appeal of Missouri (US)

Appeal from Circuit Court, Jackson County; Joseph A. Guthrie, Judge.

Action by Ina Tiffany against the Times Square Automobile Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed.

Reed & Harvey, of Kansas City, for appellant. John C. Stearns and C. F. Mead, both of Kansas City, for respondent.

ELLISON, J.

Defendant was a retail dealer in automobiles and sold one to plaintiff for $850. Plaintiff claims that her purchase was induced by the fraud and deceit practiced upon her by defendant's agent, and that, as soon as she discovered the fraud, she offered to rescind and tendered the machine back and demanded the return of the purchase money. On defendant's refusal to rescind, she instituted this action for the purchase price, setting up the fraud she claims was perpetrated upon her. She recovered judgment in the trial court.

The evidence shows that plaintiff knew nothing of the qualities of an automobile, and that she so informed defendant's agent and told him the use she wanted to make of the machine she should purchase, and that she would have to depend on him to furnish her what she desired. It further shows that the agent represented the machine to be fit for the purposes for which plaintiff wanted it; that it was a first-class car and would meet all of the requirements stated to him by plaintiff; that plaintiff then bought and paid for the car; that defendant's representations were false and fraudulent, the car being worthless; and that, upon discovering the fraud, she tendered it back and demanded the money she had paid.

The foregoing facts will justify the judgment and lead to an affirmance (Cahn v. Reid, 18...

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