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EDWARDS v. BLACK

429 A.2d 1015 (1981)

Stephen A. EDWARDS v. Arthur A. BLACK, Jr., d/b/a Black's Auto Sales.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided May 27, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Kinnelly, Raymond, (orally) John F. Dana, Asst. Atty. Gen., Consumer and Antitrust Division, Augusta, (Amicus Curiae), for plaintiff.

Peter J. Becker, Bridgton, (orally) for defendant.

Before WERNICK, NICHOLS, ROBERTS and CARTER, JJ.

ROBERTS, Justice.

Stephen Edwards appeals from the dismissal of his complaint in Superior Court (Cumberland County) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, M.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Because we hold that the complaint does state a claim, we vacate the judgment of dismissal.

Edwards' complaint alleges that in 1975 Arthur Black, Jr. (d/b/a Black's Auto Sales) sold him a car to which Black did not have good title; and that Black "impliedly and...

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