Wheeler v. Kraner

—The proceedings in the above-entitled cases involve the constitutionality of section 2980 of the Civil Code, in so far as the same relates to conditional contracts covering the sale of equipment and machinery used or to be used for mining purposes, and arises out of a third party claim to such property taken under an attachment process to satisfy the claims of creditors which were created during the time the property involved was in possession of the debtor-buyer, the conditional sales contract not being recorded. The court held that the claims of the creditors were superior to that of the…