McCormick v. Hadden

Citations

• 37 Ill. 370

Syllabus

<p>1. Sale op personal property—secret lien. Where the vendor of personal property delivers possession to the purchaser, under an agreement that the property is to be considered as belonging to the vendor until the payment of the purchase money, notwithstanding such delivery of possession, such agreement, as to creditors of the purchaser, is fraudulent and void.</p> <p>2. Delivery op possession—what amounts to, as between the parties. If the vendor of a reaping machine give to the purchaser, who has executed his note for the purchase money, an order on the person having ihe custody of the machine to deliver it to the purchaser, the giving of the order is a delivery of possession, and, in the absence of fraud, the order can not be recalled.</p>