Vannoy Chevrolet Co. v. Baum

This is an action in replevin. The principal issue presented on this appeal is whether, under Iowa law, a car dealer who fully complied with the statutes in obtaining ownership of an automobile and holds the original certificate of title properly assigned to it is entitled td'possession of the' automobile against the claim of an innocent purchaser for 'value whose right to possession is based on a second certificate.of. title on the same vehicle which was obtained by assignment of a duplicate title issued by the State on a false affidavit.

Plaintiff, Vannoy Chevrolet Co., Inc., Montezuma, sold…