Steiner v. Helfrich

The facts in this action are undisputed.

The defendant made and delivered a series of notes to the First National' Bank, Scranton, Penn, (plaintiff’s assignor and herein referred to as the plaintiff), and as security executed to plaintiff a chattel mortgage covering an automobile truck. Defendant defaulted n the payment of one of the notes. Plaintiff, in whom title vested upon the default (Harrison v. Hall, 239 N. Y. 51, 52), commenced a replevin action in the City Court of the City of New York, Bronx county, to secure possession of the truck. The sheriff seized the truck under the writ of…