Baierl v. Riesenecker

The following opinion was filed October 8, 1929:

Stevens, J.

The personal property here in question was in the possession of the mortgagors at the time that the *456defendants’ bill of sale was given. Secs. 241.08 and 241.10 of the Statutes provide: “No mortgage of personal property shall be valid against any other person than the parties thereto unless the possession of the mortgaged property be delivered to and retained by the mortgagee or unless the mortgage or a copy thereof be filed . . : in the office of the clerk of the town, city or village where the mortgagor resides.”

At the time the…