Baltimore Bankers Corp. v. Peters Auto Body & Spring Works, Inc.

A narrow question is presented in this case as to priority between the holder of a chattel mortgage upon a truck and a claimant asserting a mechanic’s or garage-man’s lien upon the same. One Richard Courtley purchased a truck from Calvin G. Brogan on October 3, 1947, and on the same day obtained a loan from the appellant in the amount of $528. He executed a chattel mortgage, which, however, was not recorded until October 14, 1947. There was testimony that the manager of the loan company examined the truck in front of his place of business, and that a garageman appraised the truck for him on…