General Credit Corp. v. Moore

Lightner, District Judge.

Replevin for a Chrysler automobile. Plaintiff claims that it has a special interest by reason of a chattel mortgage given to the vendor and assigned to plaintiff. On default *882in payments plaintiff elected to declare the whole amount due and brought this action. A jury was waived. Finding and judgment were for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.

The defendants are husband and wife. Elmer T. Moore, the husband, carried through all the negotiations in the purchase of the car. He gave therefor an old Dodge which he owned, his note for $182, to which he also signed his wife’s…