Mitchell v. Williams

This litigation originated in the justice of. the peace court, where G. H. Williams sued out a writ of replevin for the possession of a car which had been sold to¡ one E. A. Smith on deferred payment plan; title being reserved in the seller until complete payment had been made. At the time of the sale to Smith, G. H. Williams, the plaintiff, was engaged in the business of selling automobiles in the city of Bay St. Louis, Miss., under the trade-name of the Gulf Chevrolet Company. Shortly after the sale to Smith by Williams, Williams sold his business to another person by the name of Frierson,…