PPG Industries, Inc. v. Lindley

The majority concludes that R.C. 1302.42(A) controls in this case. I disagree and, therefore, dissent.

The majority correctly quotes R.C. 1302.42(A) as providing, in part: “* * * title to goods passes from the seller to the buyer in any manner and on any conditions explicitly agreed on by the parties.” (Emphasis added.) The term “title” which is used in that provision, however, differs from that used in the parties’ stipulation: “Titles to the trailers were transferred from Fruehauf to PPG in the State of Michigan * * (Emphasis added.) In the stipulation, the word “titles” means the tangible…