Seale Motor Co. Inc. v. Stone

218 S.C. 373 (1950)

62 S.E.2d 824

SEALE MOTOR CO., INC.

v.

STONE.

16450

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

December 28, 1950.

Mr. Isadore S. Bernstein, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Messrs. Colin S. Monteith, Jr., and Davis & Lanford, of Columbia, for Respondent.

December 28, 1950.

STUKES, Justice.

On January 20, 1949, Seale Motor Company, Incorporated, of Hazard, Kentucky, sold a Crosley station wagon to Warren Poindexter, so described in the body of the self-styled "contract", who signed a title retention contract, in the nature of a chattel mortgage securing the unpaid portion of the purchase price, as…