Goldie v. Bauchet Properties

Opinion

SULLIVAN, J.

In this action for possession of property we are called upon to resolve conflicting claims to a packaging machine installed by lessees on leased premises. Our task requires us to determine whether the claim of a security interest in the machine asserted by plaintiff-creditor of the lessees or the claim of defendant-lessors in the machine based upon certain provisions of the lease has priority. The trial court adjudicated priority in favor of plaintiff. Defendants appeal.

Henry Kermin owned real property on Bauchet Street in Los Angeles. For several years, through two…