Sigglekow v Gibbs - [1990] 3 NZLR 503

Contract — Sale of goods — Sale of stolen motor vehicle — Rights of purchaser — Vendor sold vehicle to first purchaser who left ownership papers and possession of vehicle for storage with vendor — Subsequently vendor sold vehicle to second purchaser and was later convicted of theft — Whether property in stolen vehicle revested in first purchaser — Whether second purchaser was entitled to vehicle having received it in good faith without notice of previous sale — Sale of Goods Act 1908, ss 26 and 27.