Legal Opinion

Babbitt v. Bent County Bank

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided April 15, 1911No. 5989PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Bent District Court — Hon. Henry Hunter, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey

There are two questions for consideration:

First — Had the bank, under its mortgage, if properly acknowledged, the first lien?

Second- — -Was the bank’s mortgage, as acknowledged and certified, entitled to record, and is such record constructive notice to- Babbitt?

On the authority of Cassell v. Deisher, 39 Colo. 372, which involves the same question, as to priorities of chattel mortgages on the same property-, the second mortgage, as here, by its express terms, being subject to a prior one, the first question must be answered in the affirmative. The court in that case held in substance and…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Bassinger v. SpanglerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1886
  2. Cook v. MannSupreme Court of Colorado · 1881
  3. Atchison v. GrahamSupreme Court of Colorado · 1890
  4. Wilcox v. JacksonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1884
  5. Allen v. SteigerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1892

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Diamond National Corporation v. Dale Lee, Trustee in BankruptcyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
  2. Ellison v. TuckermanColorado Court of Appeals · 1913
  3. Ellison v. TuckermanColorado Court of Appeals · 1913
  4. Radetsky v. Gramm-Bernstein Motor Truck Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
  5. Tolland Co. v. First State BankSupreme Court of Colorado · 1934

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