Legal Question in Consumer Law in Texas

bought a car with no title
I bought a car from a manager at my restaurant. The car originally the car belonged to the owner of the restaurant. Today another manager told me that the manager who sold me the car had no right to sell it to me because he owed about $1,000.00. I bought the car about two weeks ago before the manager moved out of town to accept a better position. When he sold me the car he told me that he had paid off the car two years ago and that the owner never gave him a title. I would like to know what are my rights in this situation. Can the owner come and take the car away from me even though i bought the car from the manager(who i thought owned the car)and i have a receipt signed by his girlfriend who accepted the money on his behalf because he was already out of town. Can the owner report the car stolen and get me arrested if he so chooses? Am i going to be able to register the car under my name on a new title? I need help because i feel i'm caught between whatever is going on with the owner and the manager. All i was doing was buying a good car at a great deal and now i feel that i might lose the car and the money i paid for it. Doesn't the owner have to the deal with the manager who might owe him the money?

Asked on 7/02/05, 6:54 pm

Peter Bradie Bradie, Bradie & Bradie

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Re: bought a car with no title

The holder of the title can claim the car. You can't buy better title than the seller had.

You can find out the name and address of the true owner of the car and speak with that person, and maybe get the title transferred to you.

Answered on 7/03/05, 4:38 am

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