MANHATTAN CREDIT COMPANY v. BURNS

No. 5-1831.

323 S.W.2d 206 (1959)

MANHATTAN CREDIT COMPANY, Appellant, v. Thornton BURNS et ux., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 20, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Talley & Owen and James R. Howard, Little Rock, for appellant.

Wayne Foster, Little Rock, for appellees.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

In 1957 the appellees, Thornton Burns and his wife, bought a new car from a Little Rock dealer. The purchase was almost entirely on credit and was financed by the appellant, which took the buyers' note for $2,817.30, secured by a chattel mortgage on the car and on certain household goods. When the car was damaged beyond repair a few months later, it was found that the collision insurance on the vehicle lacked about $700 of being enough...

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