Granger v. Adams

— The question which this record presents is-this: Is a mortgage on partnership personal property executed by one partner in behalf of the firm, recorded in the county where the property is situated and the business of the’ partnership conducted, and where the partner executing it-resides, but not recorded in the county where the other members of the firm reside, valid as against creditors ?

It is settled that a mortgage of goods, where possession is-retained by the mortgagor, is not valid as against creditors-unless executed and recorded in strict accordance with the-statute. The common law…