Shephard v. Van Doren

SADLER, Chief Justice.

This appeal is for review of a judgment in replevin. The plaintiff, who prevailed below, does business at Plainview, Tex., in the name of Shephard Chevrolet Company, conducting an automobile agency, selling new and used cars. He sold to one C. H. Little a certain used Chevrolet automobile, 1931 model, bearing engine number 2456779, under a conditional sales contract, duly filed with the county clerk in Lamb county, Tex., county of the purchaser’s residence, so as to constitute constructive notice of plaintiff’s contract. Under the laws of the state of Texas, the…