Rosenthal v. Whitehead

This writ of error presents a dispute between Joe Rosenthal and William Whitehead with reference to the ownership and right to possession of a certain Kramer diesel tractor.

Succinctly stated, the controversy stems from the fact that the tractor in question was purportedly pledged to Whitehead by one Riordan at a time when there was a chattel mortgage of record on the tractor in favor of Rosenthal.

Riordan and his associate, Morrison, obtained a personal loan of some $1,300 from Whitehead, an Arapahoe County rancher, and in return therefor executed and delivered to Whitehead three promissory…