Century Insurance v. Glidden Buick Corp.

This is an action for damages based on an alleged conversion by the defendant of a used automobile upon which plaintiff’s assignor claims to have had a prior chattel mortgage of $300. Plaintiff asks that the lien of its mortgage be enforced and for damages for the taking of the chattel in violation thereof.

The essential facts of the case are not in dispute. One John Petrone, the owner of the automobile which is the subject-matter of this action, executed a promissory note and chattel mortgage thereon to plaintiff’s assignor in consideration of a loan made to him in the sum of $300. It is…