Waddell v. Johnson

Gardner, Judge:

Charles Barry Waddell (Waddell) brought this negligence action against Ann H. Johnson, Carey T. Johnson, a 1983 Toyota automobile (the Toyota) and the South Carolina National Bank (the bank). The Johnsons were uninsured and defaulted. The bank answered by asserting a chattel mortgage lien on the Toyota, which it alleged to be superior to the statutory lien asserted by Waddell perforce of Section 29-15-20, Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976). The case was tried before the trial judge without a jury. The appealed order awarded judgment for Waddell for $1,725.33. It is conceded…