Earthmovers, Inc. v. CLARENCE L. BOYD COMPANY, INC.

BOX, Judge:

An appeal by Clarence L. Boyd Co., Inc., defendant in the trial court, from a judgment in favor of Earthmovers, Inc., in an action instituted by the latter to quiet title to certain personal property.

A mechanic obtained a statutory posses-sory lien on encumbered property, foreclosed the lien by public sale over the objections of the secured creditor, and itself purchased the property. It then brought an action against the secured creditor to quiet title to the property and the latter counterclaimed for possession. The question is whether the purchaser at a lien foreclosure sale,…