Pike v. Rhinehart

On September 15,1945, plaintiff Dulcie Pike traded her 1940 Ford car to defendant Patricia Bhinehart, for the latter’s 1941 Buick car which was then in a garage in Los Angeles awaiting repairs after it had been wrecked in an accident. The Ford was duly delivered and transferred to Mrs. Bhinehart. The Buick, however, was subject to a chattel mortgage in favor of American Trust Company of San Francisco upon which there was unpaid approximately $1,085. The Buick was registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles in the name of American Trust Company as legal owner and Patricia Bhinehart as…