General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Jenkins

Taylor, Justice.

This appeal presents two questions: 1. Was the instrument involved a Conditional Sale Contract or a Chattel Mortgage? 2. If a Conditional Sale Contract, is it required under the law of the State of Michigan to be recorded in order to be effective and valid against claims of subsequent purchasers or lien holders?

Action for claim and delivery of a certain automobile or the value thereof was brought in the Court of Common Pleas for Greenville County where plaintiff’s alleged right to possession of the automobile is based upon a Conditional Sale Contract or Chattel Mortgage which…