113 Mich. 173 | Mich. | 1897
The Reeder Bros. Shoe Company brought replevin against Carpentier for goods which the formexsold to the latter in May, 1895, claiming that they were procured through fraxxd. The action was commenced on December 4, 1895, on which day the Reeder Bros. Shoe Company received the goods from the sheriff, and gave the statutory bond. On the same day or the next, the Reeder Bros. Shoe Company sold these goods to Hansen, the defendant, from whom they were replevied by the plaintiff, December 5, 1895. The plaintiff’s claim is based on two chattel mortgages, one of which was given him
Error is assigned upon several rulings, but they are all covered by the question mentioned. As no question is raised regarding it, we shall discuss the case upon the. assumption that the judgment rendered two days before the trial was offered in evidence under proper pleadings. The judge held that these mortgagees were privies to the mortgagor; that their rights would be no greater or other than his; that, if he got no title tor these goods, he could convey no title to them; and that, when the Reeder Bros. Shoe Company’s title was adjudicated against him, it was adjudicated against them. The learned circuit judge expressed doubt upon the question, and recognized the impropriety of enforcing this doctrine against a purchaser for value before the adjudication, and without notice.. The claim is made that the Reeder Bros. Shoe Company should be estopped from asserting title as to the bank mortgage, of the existence of which it was advised, as the bank might be supposed to rely upon accessions, to make good depletions by sales; but we -think there is no force in this. The mortgage, when given, was for a past-due indebtedness, and was not good against a claim for fraud as to the goods then on hand.; and we think it would be no better as to accessions. Schloss v. Feltus,
The judgment is reversed, and a new trial ordered.