Sullivan v. Clifton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Van Syckel, J.

On the 2d of October, 1891, one Amos-Wells executed to Sullivan, the plaintiff, a chattel mortgage-on a horse owned by Wells. The mortgage was immediately placed on record, the mortgagor retaining possession of the-horse.

After the mortgage had been lodged for record, the mortgagor, without the knowledge of Sullivan, left the horse at. the livery stable of the defendant, Clifton, to be boarded anch kept.

The only question in the case is, whether the lien of the chattel mortgage is superior to the statutory lien of the livery stable keeper.

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