Marcus v. Sherr

A chattel mortgage is a lien on personal property. This court is given jurisdiction to entertain actions to foreclose such liens, when the amount involved is $3,000 or less. (City Court Act, § 16, subd. 3.) May this court grant a warrant of seizure in an action to foreclose a chattel mortgage? A chattel mortgage lien may be foreclosed by action in a court of record. There can be no doubt of that. (Coiro v. Baron, 158 App. Div. 591.) And in an action to foreclose such a hen, a warrant of seizure may be issued by this court. (Lien Law, § 207; Coiro v. Baron, 158 App. Div. 591.) The plaintiff in…