Cudd v. Rogers, (No. 10174.)

CourtUnited States State Supreme Court of South Carolina
Writing for the CourtGAGE
Citation98 S.E. 796
PartiesCUDD . v. ROGERS.
Docket Number(No. 10174.)
Decision Date22 March 1919

98 S.E. 796

CUDD .
v.
ROGERS.

(No. 10174.)

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

March 22, 1919.


Appeal from Common Pleas Circuit Court of Spartanburg County; T. S. Sease, Judge.

Action by J. N. Cudd against J. W. Rogers. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.

Carson, Boyd & Tinsley, of Spartanburg, for appellant.

Sanders & De Pass and C. M. Drummond, all of Spartanburg, for respondent.

GAGE, J. Action to recover the possession of an automobile. There are pending several actions of a like character as this, and dependent upon the decision of this one. The defendant had a verdict, and from the judgment thereon the plaintiff has appealed here.

These are the circumstances of the transaction: Cudd is a citizen of substance at Spartanburg; Johnston is a vendor of cars. Johnston had no money. Johnston purchased six cars, and when the cars arrived at Spartanburg Cudd loaned Johnston the money to pay the drafts drawn against them. In order to secure himself from loss, Cudd took from Johnston a mortgage on the cars. Johnston's practice was to sell the cars, and he sold one to Crimm, and from that person Rogers bought the car.

The defense, inter alia, was:

"That the plaintiff authorized the sale and disposal of the said automobile to the defendant, or to any one else that it could be sold to, and therefore plaintiff has no claim over said car, and is estopped from asserting his lien."

That allegation makes the real issue in the case; for the appellant's brief declares that—

"The issue in this appeal is on the law of mortgagee's consent to sale of mortgaged property, and the exceptions are to the court's rulings on that issue, in charge and on motion for new trial."

[98 S.E. 797]

Thereabout the court charged the jury in these words:

"Therefore, gentlemen, I charge you this: That if the mortgagee, Mr. Cudd, consented for the mortgagor, W. J. Johnston, to dispose of and sell the automobiles covered by this mortgage, and if Rogers bought the automobile through Johnston, or those acting for W. J. Johnston, then Rogers gets a good title to the automobile. If you find that Mr. Cudd consented to the sale of these automobiles, or to the sale of any one of them, because all of them are in the same condition—what applies to one applies to all, because the condition of the mortgage is the same as to all. If Mr. Cudd consented, either before he took the mortgage or after, that Johnston could sell the property, and in the course of business Johnston did sell the property, a good and complete title,...

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  • Cunningham v. G. F. C. Corp.
    • United States
    • Court of Appeals of Tennessee
    • March 5, 1951
    ...84 N.E.2d 201; Van Sant v. Austin-Hamill-Hoover Live Stock Commission Co., 221 Mo.App. 1096, 295 S.W. 506; Cudd v. Rogers, 111 S.C. 507, 98 S.E. 796; Luther v. Lee, 62 Mont. 174, 204 P. 365; Stockyards National Bank v. B. Harris Wool Co., 316 Mo. 426, 289 S.W. 623; Moffett Bros. & Andrews C......
  • Woodworth v. Skeen, (No. 12782.)
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court of South Carolina
    • December 11, 1929
    ...Coast Line Lumber Co., 92 S. C. 418, 75 S. E. 698; Ragin v. N. W. Ry. Co., 111 S. C. 394, 98 S. E. 286; Cudd v. Rogers, 111 S. C. 507, 98 S. E. 796; McGregor v. State Co., 114 S. C. 48, 103 S. E. 84; Rankin v. S. & K. R. Co., 58 S. C. 532, 36 S. E. 997; Donaldson v. Temple, 96 S. C. 240, 80......
  • Harper v. Abercrombie, (No. 10563.)
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court of South Carolina
    • January 31, 1921
    ...Appellants err in supposing that those issues could not have arisen, because their mortgage was on record. Cudd v. Rodgers, 111 S. C. 507, 98 S. E. 796. The last ground is that the court coerced the verdict by threatening to keep the jury together for an unreasonable length of time, unless ......
  • Indiana Investment and Securities Company v. Whisman, 11,523
    • United States
    • Indiana Court of Appeals of Indiana
    • March 15, 1923
    ...181 S.W. (Tex. Civ. App.) 236; Border Nat. Bank v. Coupland (1917), 240 F. 355, 153 C.C.A. 281; Cudd v. Rodgers (1918), 111 S.C. 507, 98 S.E. 796; O'Neil v. Cheatwood (1920), 127 Va. 96, 102 S.E. 596. In the Cudd case, the action was to recover an automobile, and the facts involved were ver......
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8 cases
  • Cunningham v. G. F. C. Corp.
    • United States
    • Court of Appeals of Tennessee
    • March 5, 1951
    ...84 N.E.2d 201; Van Sant v. Austin-Hamill-Hoover Live Stock Commission Co., 221 Mo.App. 1096, 295 S.W. 506; Cudd v. Rogers, 111 S.C. 507, 98 S.E. 796; Luther v. Lee, 62 Mont. 174, 204 P. 365; Stockyards National Bank v. B. Harris Wool Co., 316 Mo. 426, 289 S.W. 623; Moffett Bros. & Andrews C......
  • Woodworth v. Skeen, (No. 12782.)
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court of South Carolina
    • December 11, 1929
    ...Coast Line Lumber Co., 92 S. C. 418, 75 S. E. 698; Ragin v. N. W. Ry. Co., 111 S. C. 394, 98 S. E. 286; Cudd v. Rogers, 111 S. C. 507, 98 S. E. 796; McGregor v. State Co., 114 S. C. 48, 103 S. E. 84; Rankin v. S. & K. R. Co., 58 S. C. 532, 36 S. E. 997; Donaldson v. Temple, 96 S. C. 240, 80......
  • Harper v. Abercrombie, (No. 10563.)
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court of South Carolina
    • January 31, 1921
    ...Appellants err in supposing that those issues could not have arisen, because their mortgage was on record. Cudd v. Rodgers, 111 S. C. 507, 98 S. E. 796. The last ground is that the court coerced the verdict by threatening to keep the jury together for an unreasonable length of time, unless ......
  • Indiana Investment and Securities Company v. Whisman, 11,523
    • United States
    • Indiana Court of Appeals of Indiana
    • March 15, 1923
    ...181 S.W. (Tex. Civ. App.) 236; Border Nat. Bank v. Coupland (1917), 240 F. 355, 153 C.C.A. 281; Cudd v. Rodgers (1918), 111 S.C. 507, 98 S.E. 796; O'Neil v. Cheatwood (1920), 127 Va. 96, 102 S.E. 596. In the Cudd case, the action was to recover an automobile, and the facts involved were ver......
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