Official Assignee of Casey v Bartosh - [1955] NZLR 287

Chattels Transfer — Bankruptcy — Apparent Possession — Goods subject to Unregistered Bill of Sale in Grantors' Closed Shop — Goods seized by Grantee's Solicitor in Shop Closed for Business, and Keys thereof retained by Him — Seizure unknown to Anyone apart from Grantee's Solicitor and Grantors — Grantors' Subsequent Adjudication as Bankrupts while Goods still in Locked Shop — Goods in Bankrupts' "apparent possession" — Similarity of "apparent possession" and "reputed ownership" — Bill of Sale Fraudulent and Void as against Official Assignee — Chattels Transfer Act, 1924, s 18.