White Co. v. Hammond Stage Lines

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

This appeal, presents a conflict of liens .on four automobile busses and a Cadillac sedan, which were seized by the sheriff in a foreclosure proceeding brought by the White Company against the Hammond Stage Lineé, on a chattel mortgage.

The four busses are identified by their serial numbers, 138491, 139601, 165212 and 166764. The record does not show how or when the Hammond Stage Lines first acquired title to the busses numbered 138491 and 139601; but it appears that they were owned by the stage lines and were not incumbered by a chattel mortgage or vendor’s lien at the…