Southern Security Co. v. American Discount Co.

American Discount Company of Georgia brought a trover action against Southern Security Company Inc., in the municipal court of Atlanta, to recover $411.18, the balance of the purchase-price of a certain Plymouth automobile, title to which was alleged to be in the plaintiff by virtue of a retention-title contract “executed and delivered by G. F. Davies to Jordan Motor Company to secure the note therein referred to, and by said Jordan Motor Company transferred to petitioner along with said note.” The copy of said retention-title contract attached to the petition as an exhibit recites that the…