FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY v. WILSON

No. 24150.

385 F.2d 128 (1967)

FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY, Appellant, v. Herndon H. WILSON, Trustee in Bankruptcy for Floyd William Johnson, Bankrupt, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 8, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo A. Smith, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for appellant.

Maury Friedlander, Mobile, Ala., for appellee.

Before JONES, WISDOM and DYER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Ford filed a reclamation petition with the referee in bankruptcy seeking to recover a 1964 Ford automobile to which it claimed title under an unrecorded written instrument executed by the bankrupt. Under this instrument title to the auto was to be retained by Ford until the balance due under the instrument was paid. The referee and the district court denied Ford's claim. We affirm.

Ford's argument that before the trustee in bankruptcy can assume...

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