Merchants & Mechanics Bank v. Beard

The Court of Appeals certified to the Supreme Court certain questions for decision, which so far as necessary to be stated are hereinafter set out. In the certification there was a preliminary statement of facts as follows: “A bill of sale of a stock of merchandise changing in specifics was made in May, 1922, to secure a debt, and was filed for record at 10:35 o’clock á. m. on February 9, 1924. It was actually recorded on February 11, 1924. After the date of the bill of sale fifteen common-law executions were obtained against the maker, of which only one was recorded within ten days from the…