Legal Opinion
In re Packard Press, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 5, 1925No. 16PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOUGH, Circuit Judge.
The question presented is one wholly of New York law. If we can discover the rules laid down by the highest court of the state we are bound to follow them.
Mortgages of chattels were not unknown to the common law, and the general theory that such mortgage was a conveyance with a defeasance may be found stated in Pyeatt v. Powell, 51 F. 551, 2 C. C. A. 367; Langdon v. Buell, 9 Wend. (N. Y.) 80; Ackley v. Finch, 7 Cow. (N. Y.) 290. Speaking generally, it may be said that the object of most statutes providing for chattel mortgages, and certainly the object of the New York…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Hall v. . SampsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
- Peter Barrett Manufacturing Co. v. RonkNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Porter v. . ParmleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Bragelman v. . DaueNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Hathaway v. . BraymanNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In re JacobyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1943
- In re Ramblier Cafeteria, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925