Altman v. Crown Finance Co.

1. Where the defendant in trover files an answer in which he claims title to the property sought to be recovered adversely to the plaintiff, contending that he was an innocent purchaser from one who bought from the original purchaser, it is not necessary for the plaintiff to prove a conversion. Smith v. C. I. T. Corp., 186 Ga. 199 (197 S. E. 322); 56 Ga. App. 544 (193 S. E. 261). It follows that where the plaintiff shows that it claims title to an automobile under a retention-of-title contract which was recorded in Muscogee County, Georgia, the burden of proof of showing that the contract was…