Dunlap-Huckabee Auto Co. v. Central Georgia Automotive Co.

A sold an automobile to B, retaining the title, by a properly recorded instrument, until payment of the balance due on the purchase price. The contract provided that the car should not be sold until fully paid for. B procured C, as his agent, to sell the machine to D, 0 acting innocently. D,. who also acted innocently, then took the car to A, the original owner, which still retained the title under the paper mentioned above, and A, without actual knowledge that the car was already its own property, purchased the car from D for $1,150. After thus regaining possession, A sold the machine to…