Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 9, 1961No. 94PublishedCited by 277 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
The bankrupt borrowed money from respondent on November 4, 1957, giving as security a chattel mortgage on an automobile. In Michigan, where the transaction took place, mortgages were void as against creditors of the mortgagor unless filed with the Register of Deeds 1 with a special dispensation to purchase-money mortgages if filed within 14 days of the execution of the mortgage. This mortgage, however, was not a purchase-money mortgage; and though executed on November 4, 1957, it was not recorded until November 8,1957.
Over five months later — on April 18, 1958 — the borrower filed a voluntary…
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- John Henry Hacker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954
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