Commercial Credit Co. v. Gaiser

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action in replevin to recover possession of an automobile to which plaintiff laid claim by virtue of a conditional sales contract governed by the laws of Arizona.

The cause was tried on pleadings and agreed statement of facts, supplemented by the depositions of two Arizona lawyers who had served as revisors of the Arizona statutes under legislative authority.

The facts were these:

*553On September 12, 1929, one Wm. A. Rivers, a dealer in automobiles in Maricopa county, Arizona, sold to his wife, Mrs. Bertha fivers, a De Soto car. The…