Hardie v. Wright

This case involved the question of priority as between the lien of a chattel mortgagee and that of a lessor. The facts are not in dispute:

A Mrs. Mallon, some time prior to July 22, 1922, leased from the owner, the Community Realty Company, Inc., an appellee herein, a certain dwelling for a term ending September 30, 1922, and furnished and occupied the same as her residence. Mrs. Mallon, for one reason or another, concluded not to renew her lease at its ex*53piration, and on July 22, 1922, a Mrs. Hickox leased the property from the owner for a term of five years beginning October 1, 1922. On…