First Security Bank of Idaho v. Fred Crouse, D/B/A C & L Diesel Service

HILL, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, assignee-holder of the chattel mortgage, sued appellee in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado to replevy a Mack truck in the possession of appellee, a garageman. Appellee counterclaimed for his bill for repair work and storage, contending that Colorado law gives him a garageman’s lien which is superior to appellant’s chattel mortgage. The case was tried to the court which held that plaintiff-appellant was entitled to possession of the truck but that defendant-appellee was entitled to relief on his counterclaim for the repairs and…