Still v. First Tennessee Bank, N.A.

OPINION

BIRCH, Justice.

Pursuant to Rule 23, Rules of the Tennessee Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Chattanooga, certified two questions of law to this Court. We accepted them. They arose out of a bankruptcy action and are as follows:

1. Does Tenn.Code Ann. § 55-3-137 implicitly repeal all or part of Tenn.Code Ann. § 55-3-126, to the effect that a creditor may now perfect a security interest in a motor vehicle by merely delivering to the appropriate government official the existing certificate of title, if any; an application for certifi…