Kahriman v. Fitzgerald

This was an action in replevin to recover an automobile. Defendant, as constable, levied an attachment upon the automobile in a suit by a creditor. Plaintiff herein claims against the defendant. and superior to the attaching creditor because of a chattel mortgage. Judgment was for defendant upon the ground that plaintiff’s chattel mortgage was void. The evidence showed the mortgage was executed in Fresno County and that thereafter the automobile was taken out of Fresno County and remained in Los Angeles County for more than thirty consecutive days. The mortgage was never recorded in Los…