Legal Opinion
Montague Bros. v. W. C. Shepherd Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided March 22, 1950No. 235PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtErvin, J.
Chattel mortgages and conditional sales are nearly allied to each other. Poindexter v. McCannon, 16 N.C. 373, 18 Am. Dec. 591. For this reason, G.S. 47-20, which covers chattel mortgages, and G.S. 47-23, which embraces conditional sales, prescribe identical requirements for their recording. These statutes expressly provide that a chattel mortgage or a conditional sale of tangible personal property is valid as against creditors or purchasers for a valuable consideration from the mortgagor or vendee only from its registration in the county where the mortgagor or vendee resides if be resides in…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Hornthal v. . BurwellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1891
- M. & J. Finance Corp. v. HodgesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
- Bank of Colerain v. CoxSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1916
- Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp. v. WaltersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
- Harris v. . AllenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1889
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Appeal of Pilot Freight Carriers, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
- Johnson v. Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1998
- Home Finance Co. of Georgetown, Inc. v. O'DanielSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
- Andrews v. Nu-Woods, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
- Buchanan County v. State Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1966
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