Forest Investment Corp. v. Chaplin

Plaintiff, Forest Investment Corporation, obtained judgment in the Circuit Court of Coles County for the possession of a certain mobile home. Defendant-appellant appeals from such judgment basing his right to possession on a chain of title beginning with the manufacturer’s original certificate of origin and an Indiana certificate of title. A determination of the issues requires that we factually follow the routes taken by the respective title documents.

Skyline Homes, Inc., of Elkhart, Indiana, built the mobile home and on June 23, 1961, sold it to Eastern Illinois Trailer Sales. On June 30,…