Wallace Buys a Television from Dotty, but a Week Later

question 46

Essay

Wallace buys a television from Dotty, but a week later, a clerk from Conduit City, an electronics store, contacts Wallace to inform him that the store will be repossessing his television. Wallace calmly expresses his confusion, stating that he bought the television free and clear from Dotty. The clerk explains that Conduit City has a purchase money security interest in the television, which permits them to repossess the TV. Fully explain who is right.

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