Legal Opinion

General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Horton

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided August 6, 1936No. 5803PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal in which the appellant is assignee of a contract, the nature of which is under dispute. Under the contract the Voice Motor Company of Philadelphia delivered a car to the Kamens Quality Market, Inc., hereinafter called the lessee, and then assigned the contract to the appellant. The lessee became bankrupt, and the appellant seeks to gain possession of the automobile under the terms of the contract from the lessee’s trustee in bankruptcy.

The appellant contends that the contract in question is a bailment lease, but the appellee says it is a conditional…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Leitch v. Sanford Motor Truck Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  2. General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. HartmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  3. Commonwealth v. Motors Mortgage Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  4. Jacquard Knitting MacHine Co. v. VennellCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1932
  5. Gotthold v. Crompton & Knowles Loom WorksCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1925

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. In re SteinDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. In re Clover Drugs, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1937
  3. In Re Wright Homes, Inc.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1968
  4. In re RobinsonDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1941
  5. Mayer v. Marcus Mayer Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1938

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