Radcliff Finance Corp. v. Crowder

HALE, Justice.

The controlling question presented on this appeal is whether an alleged sale of a certain motor vehicle constituted a first sale thereof within the meaning of Art. 1436-1 of Vernon’s Penal Code of Texas, known as the Certificate of Title Act. On December 16, 1953, the automobile was sold to City Motor Sales, Inc., a used car dealer of Rosenburg, Texas, by its then owner, G. R. Faetón, d/b/a Missouri and Kansas Auto Sales, at auction sale in Kansas City, Missouri. At the same time the seller made application for the registration of the automobile in the State of Missouri and…