C. I. T Corporation v. . Burgess

T. B. Drake is not a party to this action. He bought the car on credit from the plaintiff, secured the deferred payments by a note and chattel mortgage on the property, made default, and used the vehicle for the unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor. The chattel mortgage was not registered in Buncombe or in any other county; there was no' irregularity in the sale; and the defendant was a purchaser without actual or constructive notice of the plaintiff’s claim. Both before and after his conviction Drake told the judge of the recorder’s court and the sheriff that there was no lien on…