Dempsey v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for selling and disposing of personal property held under conditional sale. Before Judge Milner. Catoosa superior court. February term, 1894.
1Opinion of the Court
Lumpkin, Justice.
1. On September 28th, 1888, the General Assembly passed an act “ to make penal the selling or encumbering personal property held under a conditional purchase, and to provide a penalty for the same.” In the first section of that act it is declared that “ no person holding personal property under a conditional purchase and sale, where, by the terms of said purchase, the title to said property is retained by the vendor, until paid for, shall be permitted to sell, dispose of or encumber said property with the view or intent to defraud or defeat said vendor’s rights, or where such…
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