Whittler v. Sharp

In tbe complaint it is alleged tbe plaintiff beld a recorded chattel mortgage in tbe sum of $850 on an automobile of tbe value of $1000, tbe property of bis son, tbe mortgagor; tbat tbe defendant, tbe sheriff of Salt Lake County, on a writ of attachment in an action against tbe son, “seized, took, levied upon, and carried away said automobile and did not then or at any time pay or tender to tbe plaintiff, or deposit with tbe county recorder of Salt Lake County, tbe amount of tbe mortgage debt or any part thereof,” though past due and wholly unpaid; tbat a,t tbe time of tbe levy tbe plaintiff…