Raney v. Riedy

This action is between the holder of a chattel mortgage and the administrator of the deceased mortgagor, and involves the proceeds of the sale of the mortgaged property. On the theory that the mortgage ceased to be valid as against creditors six years after the date of its filing in the office of the register of deeds, the court awarded the proceeds to the administrator. The plaintiff, the holder of the mortgage, has appealed.

The mortgage in question was delivered and filed on the 13th day of April, 1935. The mortgagor died intestate on the 29th day of December 1942. Thereafter defendant was…