Motor Parts & Bearing Co. v. O. K. Rubber Welders, Inc.

This case involves the question of whether a statutory purchase-money lien applies to chattels sold at an execution sale to a judgment creditor of the vendee, without notice of the lien’s existence. We hold it does not, and affirm the judgment of the Circuit Court of Washington County.

In 1960 Motor Parts & Bearing Company (called Mot- or Parts), appellant, sold a wheel-aligning machine and equipment to T. C. McKenzie, doing business as Green-ville O.K. Tire Store, on a conditional sale contract which was not recorded. The chattels were installed in the business premises of McKenzie and were…