Continental Radio Co. v. Continental Bank & Trust Co.

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is a lien priority case. Appellant contends that it acquired a constitutional lien on an airplane under the provisions of Art. XVI, Sec. 37, of the Constitution of Texas, Vernon’s Ann.St., by virtue of labor performed and materials furnished in the installation of an auto-pilot and related instruments in the plane. It is contended that the lien so acquired is prior in' right to the subsequently acquired chattel mortgage lien held by the bank. The trial court found that the bank acquired its lien without knowledge, either actual or constructive, of the constitutional lien…