Hennessy v. Automobile Owners' Ins.

Plaintiff in error, W. F. Hennessy, purchased a secondhand automobile without demanding and receiving the license fee receipt or bill of sale, and thereafter sold the car to one Chisholm, retaining a mortgage on it to secure the payment of the notes executed to him by Chisholm in payment for same. He did not transfer and deliver to Chisholm the license fee, receipt, nor a bill of sale at the time he sold. After the sale to Chisholm the defendant in error, Automobile Owners’ Insurance Association, issued its insurance policy against fire and theft upon the car in the sum of $625, payable to…