Whitehurst v. . Garrett

This is a civil action of claim and delivery instituted by plaintiff against defendant. The plaintiff claims title to one Pontiac automobile by virtue of a chattel mortgage conveying four automobiles to her, executed 4 August, 1926, and recorded 7 August, 1926.

A. W. Lane, trading as The Lane Motor Company, was an automobile dealer in Pontiac and Studebaker automobiles, in Elizabeth City, N.C. and had been in business there about two years. On 14 August, 1926, defendant bought from him a Pontiac automobile. The automobiles, one of which defendant purchased, and on which plaintiff had a chattel…