Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp. v. Schlossman's, Inc.

William C. Hecht, Jr., J. P.

This action was commenced in 1960 for conversion of a 1958 automobile. The undisputed facts are as follows. Plaintiff-respondent is the assignee of a retail installment contract executed on January 10, 1958, under which one Charley Jackson, not a party to the action, purchased the car from an automobile dealer in Queens County. The contract was filed in the Register’s office in Queens County on January 15, 1958. On September 25, 1959, Jackson sold the car to Edward Keeler, also not a party to the action. Jackson and Keeler each signed the plaintiff’s printed form…