Toyota Motor Credit Corp. v. C.L. Hyman Auto Wholesale, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• \Longstanding Virginia law provides that one who does not have title to goods cannot transfer title to a buyer.\
• “Longstanding Virginia law provides that one who does not have title to goods cannot transfer title to a buyer, even a bona fide purchaser for value without notice.”
• “Longstanding Virginia law provides that one who does not have title to goods cannot transfer title to a buyer . . . . Thus, a thief cannot pass title to stolen goods even to an innocent purchaser who pays for the stolen goods.” (citation omitted)
• Bona fide purchaser prevails over rights of recorded lienor whose lien was fraudulently released by vehicle owner.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).