BROWN v. LEO

No. 187.

12 F.2d 350 (1926)

BROWN v. LEO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

May 3, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Griffin, of Hornell, N. Y., for plaintiff in error.

Harry L. Allen, of Hornell, N. Y., for defendant in error.

Before HOUGH, MANTON, and HAND, Circuit Judges.


HAND, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).

It was, of course, irregular to sue out a writ of error to a decree in equity, and a bill of exceptions was unnecessary and improper. However, such errors of form we now ignore, and we shall therefore at once approach the case upon the merits. As it concerns the title to land, we are to decide it after the law of the state.

It has been the law of New York since 1837, at least, that a chattel mortgage...

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