Sequoia MacHinery Inc., a Corporation, and Kaweah Company, a Corporation v. J. Roderick Jarrett, Trustee of the Estate of James C. Clark, Bankrupt

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

This bankruptcy case involves the interpretation of § 9401(1) of the California Uniform Commercial Code. 1 Appellants sold combines to James C. Clark by conditional sales contracts which were filed in the office of the California Secretary of State, but not in the office of the County Recorder. The combines are specialized equipment usable only for harvesting grain. Clark was not a farmer. He owned no land. Instead, he was a “custom harvester” who used the combines in harvesting the crops of various farmers in Tulare and King Counties on a contract basis.

After Clark…