Bovee v. Yamamoto

The plaintiff brought this action to foreclose a chattel mortgage. The Specie Bank of Seattle, one of the defendants, answered and asserted a superior right to the property by reason of a mortgage to it upon the same property. The trustee in bankruptcy for one Seiji Yamamoto filed a complaint in interven*518tion, claiming the right to the property covered by the mortgages. The trial to the court without a jury resulted in findings of fact, conclusions of law and judgment sustaining the claim to the property which was asserted by the Specie Bank. From this judgment the plaintiff and intervener…