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Uniform Trust Receipts Act

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Securities - Rights Of Used Car Purchasers Under Trust Receipt Financing, Walter H. Weiner S.Ed. Dec 1953

Securities - Rights Of Used Car Purchasers Under Trust Receipt Financing, Walter H. Weiner S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The recent enactment of the Uniform Trust Receipts Act: by the Michigan legislature was an important and much needed revision in the Michigan law of chattel security. Although the UTRA has been referred to as a " . . . perplexing maze of technical phrases ... ," it is submitted that the act contains a clear presentation of the changes which are to be effected, and should go far in freeing the financing of goods in the flow of commerce from some anachronistic shackles. The particular intent of this comment is to explore the impact of the UTRA and other …


Chattel Mortgages In Floor Financing-Validity Of Recorded Chattel Mortgage As Against Purchaser In Ordinary Course-Effect Of Certificate Of Title Act When Certificate Retained By Mortgage, Walter H. Weiner S.Ed Apr 1953

Chattel Mortgages In Floor Financing-Validity Of Recorded Chattel Mortgage As Against Purchaser In Ordinary Course-Effect Of Certificate Of Title Act When Certificate Retained By Mortgage, Walter H. Weiner S.Ed

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff, buyer of an automobile from a used-car dealer, brought suit against the dealer and a bank, to which the dealer had given a duly filed chattel mortgage covering the automobile, to have the mortgage declared invalid as to the automobile in question, and for specific enforcement of the promise by the dealer to deliver the certificate of title to the buyer. The mortgage contained a clause giving the dealer-mortgagor the right to sell automobiles mortgaged to the bank-mortgagee, but the bank retained possession of the certificate of title to the automobile. The Circuit Court in Chancery entered judgment for …


New Legislation Affecting Non-Notification Financing Of Accounts Receivable, Maximilian Koessler Feb 1946

New Legislation Affecting Non-Notification Financing Of Accounts Receivable, Maximilian Koessler

Michigan Law Review

Not less than sixteen new statutes affecting the assignment of accounts receivable have been enacted in this country since the writer's completion of an essay in which he attempted to draw an all-round picture of the legal situation in this recently so much debated field. It is one of the purposes of the present follow-up study to discuss those new legislative developments. This will be done in part II of this article, where the analysis is subdivided into a contemplation of the new validation statutes on the one hand, and the new recording acts, on the other.