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Personal Property And Sales -- 1960 Tennessee Survey, Gilbert S. Merrit, Jr.

Vanderbilt Law Review

A foreigner given to rash generalizations would quickly conclude upon reading this year's sales and personal property cases that the three most flourishing and litigation-producing institutions in Tennessee are the automobile, the General Motors Acceptance Corporation and bootlegging. The automobile is responsible for all five of the cases covered in this survey; in four of the five the General Motors Acceptance Corporation is the defendant; and two of the five grow out of bootlegging activities.

Personal Property And Sales, F. Hodge O'Neal, Thomas G. Roady Jr.

Vanderbilt Law Review

Sales

Two sales cases were decided during the survey period. One of the cases, Henson v. Wright,' was an action by the buyer of a tractor to rescind the purchase for breach of warranty.

Judd v. Fruehauf Trailer Co. is a questionable decision which perhaps opens a way for a seller in a conditional sale contract to circumvent provisions of the conditional sales act designed to protect the conditional buyer.

Liability of Common Carrier: Is a carrier liable to a shipper for breach of contract for failure to deliver an animal lost en route from point of shipment to point …

Administration And Collection Problems, Dixwell L. Pierce

Vanderbilt Law Review

"In the field of revenue administration, there is no longer such a thing as a simple tax law. Complex problems require complex laws, and complex laws are made to protect all taxpayers alike."

When a state or local government provides for a general sales and use tax, it is assuming a heavy administrative responsibility. Such tax laws are deceptively simple. They are not easy to administer. Failure to recognize these facts has resulted all too often in disappointing revenue yields and widespread dissatisfaction among retailers and their customers.

No one really enjoys paying taxes. What may be merely mild distaste …

Personal Property And Sales -- 1955 Tennessee Survey, Clyde L. Ball

Vanderbilt Law Review

The cases of Edwards v. Central Motor Co.' and Hunter v. Moore offer interesting variations upon the same basic problem. In the Edwards case plaintiff automobile dealer sold a car to X in what was intended to be a cash transaction. X paid for the car with a worthless check and received possession of the car together with a carbon copy of a bill of sale executed by plaintiff. X then took the automobile to another dealer and sold it to him, giving the purchaser a bill of sale executed by X. Defendant was present at this transaction; at no …

Personal Property And Sales -- 1954 Tennessee Survey, Clyde L. Ball

Vanderbilt Law Review

This article is limited to cases involving transfers of personal property by gift or by sale, and the resultant legal relationships. Cases involving liens on personal property, chattel mortgages, and those dealing with sales in bulk are discussed in the article on Creditors' Rights and Security Transactions in this Survey.'

Personal Property And Sales, William D. Warren

Vanderbilt Law Review

The similarity of the subject matter, together with the paucity of cases in each field, has made it advisable to combine the personal property and sales cases in one article. Though the total number of cases falling within these fields was small, the proportion of novel and interesting issues raised was high. This article is an attempt to analyze as well as describe the significant cases decided in this area within the past year.