TRUSCO FINANCE COMPANY v. Childs

The question for determination is whether the recorded title-retention contract constituted constructive notice to a third person that the title to the automobile remained in the seller’s assignee. It is contended by the defendant in error that such did not constitute constructive notice to third persons because the recorded contract contained a motor number different from the motor number of the automobile purchased by the defendant in error. We cannot say as a matter of law that such was insufficient to constitute constructive notice. In Nichols v. Hampton, 46 Ga. 253, the question was the…