THOMPSON CADILLAC-OLDSMOBILE, INC. v. SILK HOPE AUTO.

No. 8610SC1318.

361 S.E.2d 418 (1987)

87 N.C. App. 467

THOMPSON CADILLAC-OLDSMOBILE, INC. v. SILK HOPE AUTOMOBILE, INC., Clinton McLaurin, Howard C. McLaurin, Shelby C. McLaurin, D. Wayne Hood, d/b/a Hood's Used Cars, Columbus County Auto Auction, Inc., George Turner, R.E. Dowdy, William S. Hiatt.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. Jane P. Gray and Asst. Atty. Gen. Victor H.E. Morgan, Jr., Raleigh, for defendants-appellees Hiatt and Dowdy.

Ragsdale and Kirschbaum by William L. Ragsdale, Raleigh, for plaintiff appellant-appellee.

Williamson & Walton by Benton H. Walton, III, and Carlton F. Williamson, Whiteville, for defendant appellant-appellee Columbus County Auto Auction, Inc.


COZORT, Judge.

On 13 March 1986 plaintiff, Thompson Cadillac-Oldsmobile, Inc., a retail automobile dealer, filed this action to recover damages incurred when the plaintiff had to reimburse customers who purchased automobiles from plaintiff when it was learned that the automobiles had been stolen and the vehicle identification numbers had been changed. Plaintiff sued Columbus County Auto Auction, Inc., (CCAA) the corporation who sold the stolen cars to plaintiff, and...

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