conditional sale
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 201 U.S. 344 - York Manufacturing Company v. Arthur Cassell J B · 1906Most cited · 665 citing opinions
validity against creditors
the statute would render the unfiled contract void as to the same class of creditors mentioned in the chattel mortgage statute. Therefore the contract would be void as to creditors who, before its filing, had 'fastened upon the property' by some specific liens. As to creditors who had no such lien, being general creditors only, the statute does not avoid the sale, which is good between the parties to the contract.
How often courts cite the cases defining “conditional sale”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “conditional sale” — 1,002 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1906–1907
The contract says in terms that it is conditional, and that the goods are to remain the property of the seller until payment of the note given for the price. This stipulation is perfectly lawful.