Castaneda v. National Cash Register Co.

The appellee, the National Cash Register Company, commenced this action to recover of A. A. Castaneda, assignee, a cash register, or an unpaid balance thereon of $315. The register was sold by it on March 17, 1931, to the Tucson Shoe Company under a conditional sales contract by the terms of which it retained ownership and title until the register was fully paid for. On August 4, 1932, the Tucson Shoe Company being insolvent made a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors to the defendant, A. A. Castaneda, who thereafter took possession of the cash register and now, as such…