Commercial Credit Co. v. Schreyer

Syllabus by

MARSHALL, CJ.

AUTOMOBILES

(50 Sa) Sections 6310-3 to 6310-14 inclusive, GC, are penal statutes and those statutes are also in derogation of the common law and should be construed according tp their exact and technical meaning, and~their application should be limited to cases clearly described within the words used.

Those sections declare it to be unlawful to sell or give away a motor vehicle unless at or before such s.ale or gift the *334seller shall execute and deliver a bill of sale therefor, and prescribe other procedure in perfecting transfer of title. They do not declare the contract…