Burtrum v. Gomes

Plaintiff was a dealer in new and used cars in Joplin, Missouri. On or about March 2, 1948, plaintiff sold a 1941 DeSoto automobile to a person by the name of Mc-Whorter and took, as part of the purchase price, a chattel mortgage on the automobile. The mortgage was properly and timely filed in Missouri. Mc-Whorter failed to make his first payment on the mortgage and plaintiff discovered that he had absconded with the car.

Subsequently, on April 5, 1948, the car was sold to used car dealers Mitchell and Parkin of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and by them on April 6, 1948, to the defendants, Johnnie and…