GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION v. WHISNANT

No. 24131.

387 F.2d 774 (1968)

GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, Appellant, v. E. Mullins WHISNANT, Trustee in Bankruptcy of John Chesley Fanjoy, Jr., Bankrupt, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest L. Champion, Jr., Columbus, Ga., for appellant.

Edward P. Murrah, Jr., Marilyn W. Carney, Columbus, Ga., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, BELL, and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge.

The essence of this case is the validity of the action of the Bankruptcy Court in taking an automobile for which appellant (GMAC) had furnished the purchase price and turning it over to the trustee for the benefit of other creditors. The District Court affirmed.

The complexity of the question presented stems from the intricacies of the Georgia Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act and the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted...

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