General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Washington Trust Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered for the plaintiff for $5,724.05 plus interest and costs. The trial justice, sitting without a jury, ruled that the plaintiffs security interest in an automobile was superior to that of the defendant.

On August 3, 1972, Thibaulf s Inc., a Westerly automobile dealer, prepared an invoice reciting the sale of a 1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille to Rosemary Lounsbury for $7,000. According to the invoice, she would furnish $1,400 of the sale price upon delivery of the automobile and would finance the balance with plaintiff General Motors Acceptance Corporation.

On…