Case Name: Florence L. Griswold, Appellant, v. A. B. Case et al., Respondents
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1896-02-07
Citations: 13 Wash. 623
Docket Number: No. 1938
Parties: Florence L. Griswold, Appellant, v. A. B. Case et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 13
Pages: 623–624

Head Matter:
[No. 1938.
Decided February 7, 1896.]
Florence L. Griswold, Appellant, v. A. B. Case et al., Respondents.
CHATTEL MORTGAGE—JUDGMENT — PRIORITY OF LIENS.
A chattel mortgage executed prior to a levy of an execution on the goods covered by it is not entitled to priority, when the mortgagee was not present at the time of its execution, and did not accept and ratify the mortgage until its delivery subsequent to the levy.
Appeal from Superior Court, Pierce County—Hon. John C. Stallcup, Judge.
Affirmed.
John A. Parker, J. A. Williamson, and Judson Apple-gate, for appellant.
Bogle & Richardson, and Murray & Christian, for respondents.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
No exceptions were taken by appel-lant to the findings of fact made by the court in this case, and the only question presented upon this appeal is as to whether the decree rendered by the court was antagonistic to the facts found, and to determine this it is necessary to examine only one of said findings. The court found that at the time the chattel mortgage upon which the plaintiff's cause of action is based was executed, the plaintiff was not present and did not assent to or accept such mortgage, and that it was never delivered to her before the levies of the executions issued upon the judgments obtained by certain of the defendants. This being so, the plaintiff was not entitled to priority; and there being no exception to said finding, we cannot look into the evidence to see whether the same was warranted thereby.
Affirmed.