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· 10/15/1906

Merritt v. Russell & Co.

Citations

  • 44 Wash. 143
  • 87 P. 70
  • 1906 Wash. LEXIS 801

Syllabus

<p>Chattel Mortgages — Recording—Removal to Another County— Statutes — Repeal—Construction. Bal. Code, § 4559, providing that mortgaged chattels removed to another county shall be discharged from the lien, as against third persons, unless within thirty days the mortgagee takes possession or records the mortgage in the new county, is not impliedly repealed by Laws 1899, p. 157, covering the subject of recording chattel mortgages, but making no provision for a second recording of removed property; since it is not repugnant to the later act, and repeals by implication are not favored.</p>

Judges: Root

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