Commercial Securities Corp. Cons. v. Lindsay Mercantile Co.

WOOD (W. J.), J., pro tem.

Plaintiff commenced this action to recover possession of an automobile and prosecutes this appeal from a judgment in defendant’s favor. One J. R. Hobbs was the owner of the automobile and applied to one E. Allen Abbott for a loan thereon. Hobbs indorsed his certificate of legal ownership in favor of Abbott, who, in turn, executed a conditional sale contract whereby he purported to sell his car back to Hobbs. The conditional sale contract contained the provisions in regard to title remaining in the seller and to defaults on the part of the buyer which are customary in…