Allis-Chalmers Corp. v. Staggs

This replevin action was instituted by the plaintiffs, Allis-Chalmers Corporation and Allis-Chalmers Distribution Service Corporation, to recover from the defendant, Fred Bailey, personal property in which the plaintiffs claimed to have a perfected security interest. The trial court granted the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment, finding as a matter of law that the parties had conflicting security interests in the disputed property and that the plaintiffs’ security interest was prior in time and thus superior to the defendant’s. The defendant contends on appeal that the trial court erred…