Lanman v. McGregor’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 12 state decisions

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1. ““It is settled law, in this state, that where personal property is sold for cash on delivery, or where, as in the case at bar, by the terms of the contract, the vendor is to hold the property sold until paid for, the vendee acquires no title to the property which he can transfer, until the terms of the sale are complied with. Evansville, etc., R. R. Co. v. Erwin, 84 Ind. 457 , and authorities there cited. Where, in such a case, the vendee of the personal property without the knowledge or consent of the vendor, sells the property to third parties, who’ convert the same to their own use, they acquire no title to the property as against the original vendor, and are liable to him for its value or, as in this case, for the balance due him from his vendee on the agreed price thereof. Thomas v. Winters, 12 Ind. 322 ; Dunbar v. Rawles, 28 Ind. 225 ; Bradshaw v. Warner, 54 Ind. 58 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. American Railway Express Co. v. Voelkel