Riggs v. Gardikas

OPINION

NOBLE, Justice.

Plaintiff below,,.C. W.'Riggs, doing business as Riggs Motor Compaxiy, had acted as agent for James Talbot, Inc., a used-truck and equipment company of Phoenix. Over a period of years, Riggs had sold HarVey C. Maddux a number of trucks and tractors on time payments, taking a lien for the unpaid portion of the purchase price. Title to the equipment was assigned to Maddux subject to the lien, and, in the past, he had filed conditional sales contracts with the proper state department when registering his title. In 1965, Mad-dux' either bought or leased fx-om Riggs' the four…