National Bond & Investment Co. v. Midwest Finance Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

This was a replevin action. It was instituted by the National Bond and Investment Company, a corporation, the owner and holder of a chattel mortgage, to recover possession of an automobile, after default of the mortgagor, from the Midwest Finance Company, the assignee of an artisan’s lien on the car.

There were othei defendants but they have not appealed. The plaintiff and the above-named defendant have both appealed from separate portions of the judgment and the appeals have been consolidated. For clarity we shall continue to refer to the…