Forrest v. Benson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court; Guy Fulk, Judge; Mere possession of personal property belonging- to another is not a sufficient badge of ovynership or right of disposition in the possessor to enable him to confer title on an innocent purchaser. 25 L. R. A. (N. S.) 760, note; 25 Am.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court; Guy Fulk, Judge; Mere possession of personal property belonging- to another is not a sufficient badge of ovynership or right of disposition in the possessor to enable him to confer title on an innocent purchaser. 25 L. R. A. (N. S.) 760, note; 25 Am. Dec. 604, note; 62 Ark. 84; 20 Wend. 278. An estoppel cannot he created by merely intrusting possession of personal property to another. 54 Minn. 71. • Possession by a bailee of personal property of the bailor does not confer colorable authority upon the bailee to sell or work an estoppel against the owner. 53…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
This is an action instituted in the Pnlaski Circuit Court by appellant against appellee to recover possession of a Ford automobile, the ownership of which is asserted by appellant. Upon a trial of the issues before a jury it resulted in a verdict in appellee’s favor.
Appellant resides in the city of San Antonio, Texas, and claimed that he was the owner of the automobile there and lent it to one Green, who brought it to Little Rock and, without appellant’s knowledge or consent, sold it to R. L. Bibb, who in turn sold it to appellee. It is undisnuted that Bibb purchased the car from Green in…
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