Case Name: John E. Merz and Charles E. Merz, Appellants, v. Leon E. Stewart, Appellee
Court: Illinois Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1918-07-01
Citations: 211 Ill. App. 508
Docket Number: Gen. No. 24,000
Parties: John E. Merz and Charles E. Merz, Appellants, v. Leon E. Stewart, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Appellate Court Reports
Volume: 211
Pages: 508–509

Head Matter:
John E. Merz and Charles E. Merz, Appellants, v. Leon E. Stewart, Appellee.
Gen. No. 24,000.
(Not to he reported in full.)
Abstract of the Decision.
1. Conflict of laws, § 49 — when doctrine of comity between States has no application as to sale of personalty. The doctrine of comity between States has no application where an Illinois manufacturer sells a motorcycle and side car to residents of Indiana and the latter sell the property under a conditional sales contract to another person and such latter purchaser removes it from the State and sells it to a resident of Illinois, who does not know of the conditional sales contract, even though the conditional sales contract, which was unrecorded in either State, was good in Indiana between sellers and the purchaser and third persons.
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John Richabdson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1918.
Affirmed.
Opinion filed July 1, 1918.
Statement of the Case.
Action in. replevin by John E. Merz and Charles E. Merz, plaintiffs, against Leon R. Stewart, defendant, to recover a motorcycle and side car sold by plaintiffs in Indiana under a conditional sale contract to another person, who sold the car to defendant. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
Marshall E. Gallion, for appellants.
Lannen & Hickey, for appellee.
See Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number.
See Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, samo topic and section number.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Holdom
delivered the opinion of the court.
2. Sales, § 221 — when purchaser may acquire good title. The possession of personalty is prima facie evidence of ownership, and unless a lien is reserved in accord with the statutes of the State the possessor may convey a good title to a bona fide purchaser, provided he is without notice of any intervening equities or claims.