First Nat. Bk. of Lincolnwood v. Glenn

A replevin action was instituted by the First National Bank of Lincoln-wood to obtain possession of thirteen school buses held by the defendant Robert Stoberl, the owner of a gasoline service station. The bank had a chattel mortgage on the vehicles arising out of a loan it had made to the owner of the vehicles, Burton Glenn, the proprietor of the Seminole Bus Company. Stoberl denied unlawful possession and asserted that he had a hen for storage which was superior to the bank’s. He counterclaimed for damages for storing the buses on his premises. The trial court ruled in favor of the bank on…