Atlas Assurance Co., Ltd. v. Gibbs

The defendant Gibbs purchased a used automobile from the Colonial Credit Company under a conditional bill of sale which the Credit Company assigned to the defendant Park City Finance Company. Gibbs took possession of the car, made all payments due under the conditional bill of sale and was in possession of it when this action of replevin was brought. The engine in the car came from a Packard automobile owned by John Grier Hibben, which had been involved in a collision and sold by the executors of his estate. Ownership of this car passed to several persons by purchase and sale until it was…