La Rue v. Loveman, Joseph &. Loeb

BROWN, X.

Prior to the enactment of the statute, now section '6898 of the Code 1923, contracts for the sale of personal property, with condition that the title should remain in the vendor until the purchase money was paid, were valid as to the condition, though not in writing, even as against purchasers for value and without notice. Weinstein v. Freyer, 93 Ala. 257, 9 So. 285, 12 L. R. A. 700; 24 R. C. L. 455, § 752.

The purpose and effect of the statute was ito make void the condition as to the protected class — originally purchasers for value, subsequent mortgagees, and judgment creditors not…