Fidelity Acceptance Corporation v. House

Stone, Justice.

Replevin for an automobile resulting in judgment for plaintiff. Defendant Albert Moline appeals.

The machine ivas sold originally by plaintiff’s assignor to one “W. G. Hause” under a conditional sales contract. That was in 1938. The contract, as recorded and indexed in the office of the city clerk of Minneapolis, made the vendee’s name appear “W. G. House.” In 1939, under a judgment, appellant levied on the automobile as property of the vendee. Plaintiff promptly asserted its claim and brought this action to secure possession for the purpose of foreclosing its conditional sales…