Commercial Credit Corp. v. Interstate Finance Corp.

Plaintiff brings an action for conversion by reason of the taking and subsequent sale of eight new automobiles by the defendant upon which the plaintiff had unrecorded conditional-sales contracts and trust receipts for the purchase price thereof. The defendant corporation made a subsequent loan upon the automobiles covered by plaintiff’s conditional-sales contracts. At the conclusion of all the evidence the trial court sustained defendant’s motion for a directed verdict on the theory that the evidence conclusively showed as a matter of law that the defendant was without knowledge or means of…