Bosen v. Larrabee

One who permits his automobile to be registered in the name of another is not precluded, so far as any statutory prohibition is concerned, from asserting his title. The provisions of chapter 100 of the Public Laws requiring the registration of motor vehicles are regulatory measures designed to secure the efficient collection of revenue and to facilitate identification in case of accident or violation of the law. Clark v. Hampton, 83 N. H. 524, 529; Eastman v. Herrick, 87 N. H. 58, 59. They do not purport to affect property rights. Indeed, the word “owner,” as generally used in the statutes…