Avis Rent-A-Car System v. Woelfel

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Pringle.

We will refer to the parties either by name or as they appeared in the trial court, where plaintiff in error was plaintiff and defendants in error were defendants.

The case was submitted on an Agreed Statement of Facts in the court below. Plaintiff was in the business of renting cars in Gulfport, Mississippi. On March 1, 1958, one Robert Lee Stevens rented an automobile from the plaintiff who was in possession of said automobile as a vendee under a conditional sales contract. On March 3, 1958, Stevens forged a bill of sale and the following day obtained a motor…