Continental Credit Corporation v. Norman

POPE, Justice.

This is a double appeal. The first dispute concerns the conflicting claims between two purchasers of motor vehicles and Continental Credit Corporation, hereafter called Continental. The purchasers paid the dealer and received possession of the vehicles, but did not receive the manufacturer’s certificates and did not register the vehicles. Subsequently the dealer, instead of delivering the manufacturer’s certificates to the purchasers, borrowed money from Continental on the strength of the certificates, which showed that the described vehicles were free of liens. The trial court…