Western-Knapp Engineering Co. v. Gilbank

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court confirming an order of the referee in bankruptcy, holding that appellant does not have a lien on certain mining machinery in the possession of the bankrupt, a corporation organized under the laws of Nevada, because the conditional sales contract, under which the bankrupt buyer acquired the machinery and the appellant claims the lien, had not been recorded in the county in California in which the bankrupt was held to have resided, as required by Sections 2980 and 2959a of the California Civil Code.

Section 2980…