Hughes v. Wessell

The only question involved in this appeal is that of priority between appellant’s conditional sale contract and appellee’s chattel mortgage.

On December 20, 1937, appellee Wessell purchased an automobile from the Hughes Motor Company for the sum of $430, of which $100 was paid forthwith, and the balance of $330 was payable in monthly installments of varying amounts commencing February 1, 1938, in accordance with a conditional sale contract, which was executed at the time by Wessell and the Hughes Motor Company. This conditional sale contract was assigned to the appellant Hughes, doing business…