Hartzler v. Radeka

Plaintiff owned a motorboat and launch which he valued at $1,500, the title to which he acquired through a chattel mortgage on same given by Carleton W. Morgan and wife, dated December 15, 1930, and filed February 19, 1931, in the clerk’s office of Penn township, and also in Calvin township, Cass county, January 20, 1932.

Defendant Radeka obtained a judgment against Carleton W. Morgan, and Robert Kennedy, under-sheriff, levied on the boat and sold it for $300 to defendant Radeka, the judgment creditor. Before the sale notice was given in writing to the sheriff, and under sheriff Kennedy by…