Guthner v. Union Finance & Loan Co.

This is an action in replevin brought below by the Union Finance & Loan Company, a corporation, defendant in error, hereinafter referred to as the Finance Company, mortgagee of an automobile, against Guthner, Manager of Safety and Excise, and ex officio sheriff of the City and County of Denver, hereinafter referred to as the sheriff, who had levied on and taken possession of the automobile under an execution of a judgment creditor. The trial court upheld the validity of the chattel mortgage and held the Finance Company entitled to possession. The sheriff seeks reversal on a writ of error,…