Harris Finance Corp. v. Fridge

ELLIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing the suit by the plaintiff finance corporation seeking to obtain a personal judgment against the defendant-appellee, Burrel S. Fridge, based upon an alleged violation of Section 8 of Act No. 172 of 1944, the present Louisiana Chattel Mortgage Act. The basis of appellant’s suit was that the defendant-appellee purchased an automobile which was allegedly covered by plaintiff-appellant’s chattel mortgage from a nonresident of the Parish of East Baton Rouge without obtaining an affidavit stating that there were no mortgages, liens or money…