Stanton Motor Corp. v. Rosetti

The automobile which is the subject of this controversy was picked up by the New York City Police as an alleged stolen car and is in the hands of the defendant as Property Clerk of the Police Department as a mere stakeholder. The question in the case is whether Stanton Motor Corporation (herein called Stanton), or Fleetwood Auto Sales (herein called Fleetwood), has legal title to the automobile. The answer to that question in turn depends upon whether one Robert Owens, who sold the car to Fleetwood, had a void or merely a voidable title.

Stanton claims that the car was stolen from it, and none…