Sidney

Sidney v. Wilson

Good Law
1924 Cal. App. LEXIS 270·67 Cal. App. 282·227 P. 672
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 15, 1924Civ. No. 4022.California3,202 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Houser, J.

Claim and delivery. Briefly stated, the facts are that plaintiff had entrusted the sum of six hundred dollars of her separate property to her husband, E. J. Sidney, for the purpose of having him purchase for plaintiff an automobile, with the understanding between them that the automobile was to remain at all times the separate property of plaintiff, and that, in the event of a sale of the automobile the money received therefrom was to be paid to plaintiff as her separate property. The husband bought the automobile, paid the wife’s money for it, and attended to the registration of the same under the Motor Vehicle Act of the state of California; but in so doing, without the wife’s knowledge or consent at that time, the husband registered the automobile in his own name and wrote his own name on the registration card as the owner thereof. The automobile was kept in a garage at the home occupied by plaintiff and her husband. Some time after the purchase of the automobile, plaintiff’s said husband purchased a diamond from the defendant Wilson, for which part cash was paid and credit was given for the balance of the purchase price. In extending credit to the said husband of plaintiff,…

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