Equitable Credit & Discount Co. v. Murray

The automobile which is the basis of the present suit is owned by the defendants unless their title is affected by the facts alleged in the petition. The theory of the petition is that, even though the original owners (the defendants) lost'possession of the automobile by the criminal or fraudulent acts of a third person (Johnson)—the giving of a forged check or the stopping of payment on the check—yet the defendants are estopped by their own acts and, or, their own negligence from asserting their title against the plaintiff, which is a bona fide purchaser for value and took the automobile…