Burton v. Jennings

The appellee sued the appellant, who was formerly sheriff of Baltimore County, in an action of trover, the cause of action being the sale by the defendant while sheriff of an automobile of one Clarkin, on which plaintiff had a chattel mortgage, under a writ of fieri facias on a judgment against Clarkin, obtained in Baltimore City, subsequent to the recording of plaintiff’s mortgage. The mortgage was duly recorded in Howard County, where the mortgagor resided, and in Baltimore City, where he was engaged in business. The levy was made and the automobile seized in Baltimore County as Clarkin was…