General Motors Acceptance Corporation v. Keil

REES, Justice.

Appellant as assignee of a written conditional sale contract or security agreement allegedly encumbering an automobile sought to recover the possession of the vehicle by replevin. Appellee Taylor claimed ownership as an innocent purchaser for value from vendor, and asserted appellant had failed to properly perfect its lien. Trial court quashed writ of replevin and ordered restoration of possession to appel-lee. We reach the same result for a different reason.

The appellant filed its petition in the District Court of Black Hawk County against Walter E. Keil, Pemberton and Keil,…