Yukon Investment Co. v. Crescent Meat Co.

Askren, J.;

— The respondent, Yukon Investment Company, brought this suit to recover two months’ rent of property leased by them to the Crescent Meat Company, and for the appointment of a receiver and foreclosure of its lien for rent, under Rem. Comp. Stat., § 1203-1 [P. C. § 19677], which gives a landlord a lien for the last two months’ rent. The appellant, Mels Hansen Mfg. Company, was made a party defendant upon the ground that it claimed a lien upon the personalty involved under a chattel mortgage, which was claimed, however, to be invalid.

Upon trial, objection was made by appellant to the…