Keenan v. Stimson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Mower county, Farmer, J., presiding, refusing a new trial, a verdict for plaintiff having been directed by the court. The case is stated in the opinion. It is only by comity that the Iowa law making the record of a chattel mortgage with the recorder of the county equivalent to change of possession, and giving it ten years’ life, can in any way affect the property after it comes,into this state.
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Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Mower county, Farmer, J., presiding, refusing a new trial, a verdict for plaintiff having been directed by the court. The case is stated in the opinion. It is only by comity that the Iowa law making the record of a chattel mortgage with the recorder of the county equivalent to change of possession, and giving it ten years’ life, can in any way affect the property after it comes,into this state. And the rule of comity should not be invoked to give effect here' to a foreign law giving a preference to non-residents, in contravention of…
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
October 13, 1876, one Schlotman, residing and having in his possession two horses in Hardin county, Iowa, executed two notes, due in six and twelve months, to Mills & Fail, and to secure the notes duly executed to them a chattel mortgage upon the horses, which was forthwith filed for record and recorded in Hardin county, pursuant to the laws of Iowa. Schlotman remained in possession of the horses. In July, 1878, he removed to Mower county, in this state, bringing the horses with him. September 10, 1880, in said county, he executed a chattel mortgage on the horses, still in his possession, to…
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