Jackson v. Kusmer

DOERNER, Commissioner.

Plaintiff, the holder of a chattel mortgage on a trailer and a refrigeration unit installed therein, instituted this action in replevin to obtain possession of such equipment. In his counterclaim defendant as*258serted an artisan’s lien or liens for two accounts totaling $798.81, for work and labor performed on the trailer. The court, sitting without a jury, adjudged defendant entitled to recover only the sum of $106.33 from plaintiff and the surety on his bond, from which judgment defendant appealed.

The case was tried in an unusual manner. Each party filed a memorandum of…