Legal Opinion
Associates Discount Corp. v. Cary
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided August 5, 1965PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdward J. Greenfield, J.
This case raises the question of which State’s law applies in a multi-State transaction in which property is purchased subject to a security interest in one jurisdiction, repossessed and resold in another, and a deficiency judgment is sought in a third. New York appears to have no case squarely in point.
The defendant, an enlisted man in the United States Coast Guard, on September 8, 1959 purchased an automobile in Washington, D. C., on a conditional .sales contract. The automobile dealer assigned the contract to plaintiff, the Associates Discount Corporation, a finance company national in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Auten v. AutenNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Swift & Co. v. Bankers Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1939
- Direction Der Disconto-Gesellschaft v. United States Steel Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1924
- Mott v. MoldenhauerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
- John J. Shanahan v. George B. Landers Construction Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Leasco Data Processing Equipment Corp. v. Atlas Shirt Co.Civil Court of the City of New York · 1971
- Conti Causeway Ford v. JarossyNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1971
- Banker's Trust Co. v. SteenburnNew York Supreme Court · 1978
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