First National Bank v. Northwest Motor Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Smith, J., entered December 7,1918, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, for a money judgment, in an action to foreclose a chattel mortgage.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
The purpose of this action, as originally instituted, was to foreclose a chattel mortgage upon an automobile. The defendant Powell, who was the mortgagor, defaulted and the cause went to trial against the other defendant, the' Northwest Motor Company, a corporation, which claimed to be a purchaser from Powell. At the opening of the trial, it was stipulated *168that, in the event the evidence showed that plaintiff was entitled to foreclosure hut that foreclosure could not he had because the Northwest Motor Company had sold and transferred the car to another party, then and in that event, a money…
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