83 Iowa 751 | Iowa | 1891
The evidence shows that on the twentieth day of March, 1889, "the defendant Embree executed and delivered a chattel mortgage to the plaintiff upon the property in controversy. The said mortgage was filed for record in the recorder’s office of the proper county, •on the twenty-second day of the same month. There is no question about the validity of the mortgage. It was given for a full consideration; and for default in payment of the debt, or for any attempt to remove or dispose of the property, the plaintiff was, by the terms of the mortgage, authorized to take possession of the same, and remove and sell it, and out of the proceeds retain the amount of the debt and expenses, and pay the surplus, if any, to said Embree. These provisions of the mortgage plainly implied that the property was owned absolutely by Embree. The fact appears to be that the said Embree had before that, and on the twentieth day of February, 1889, executed and delivered to the defendant Bunker a chattel mortgage on the same property. But the last-named mortgage was not filed for record until the thirtieth day of March, 1889, some eight days after the filing of the plaintiff’s mortgage., The only question to be •determined is, which of the mortgages is the prior lien upon the property.
The decree of the superior court is affirmed.