Cheyenne National Bank v. Citizens Savings Bank

We have been asked to resolve a controversy between two banks with respect to the priority of their respective liens on identical motor vehicles. Action was brought under the provisions of the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act, §§ 1-1049 to 1-1064, W.S.1957. There is no material dispute as to the facts and the question involved is primarily one of law.

Parties agree that H. B. Bryan, as an accommodation maker and without having any interest, ownership or possession whatsoever, executed and gave to Jack O’Dell, the true owner and holder of two Mack dump trucks, a note and purported chattel…