Legal Opinion
Northern Discount Co. v. Luebke
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided February 3, 1959PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCurrie, J.
At common law, conditional sales contracts were effective to reserve title in the seller against the buyer and all other persons unless the seller estopped himself, even though the contract was not filed or recorded. Savage v. Pratt (1956), 272 Wis. 170, 174, 74 N. W. (2d) 635. However, Wisconsin has adopted the Uniform Conditional Sales Act which provides for filing of conditional sales contracts. This act constitutes ch. 122, Wis. Stats. Sec. 122.05 (1) of such act provides as follows:
“Every provision in a conditional sale reserving property in the seller, shall be void as to any purchaser…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. Columbian National Life InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1910
- Universal Credit Co. v. FinnWisconsin Supreme Court · 1933
- General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. SchwartzSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1937
- Effron v. HaileNew York Supreme Court · 1951
- Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Wisconsin Dells v. SchulenbergWisconsin Supreme Court · 1937
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Omernik v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1974
- Prechel v. City of MonroeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1968
- (1974), Wisconsin Attorney General Reports1974
- (1974), Wisconsin Attorney General Reports1974
- Opinion No. Oag 70-76, (1976), Wisconsin Attorney General Reports1976
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