General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Burger

This is a replevin suit. On April 4th, 1935, the Hetzer Chevrolet Company, whose place of business was in the borough of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, sold an automobile under a conditional sales agreement. The vendee was therein stated to bo “Thomas Corbett,” a resident of Brooklyn. Delivery of the vehicle, in accordance with the agreement, was made the following day. Bor a valuable considera*490tion, the vendor assigned the instrument to plaintiff. Concededly, defendant, in good faith and for value, purchased the automobile from the Big Bear Used Car Company, Incorporated, a licensed…