Piqua State Bank v. Brannum

Citations

• 103 Kan. 25
• 173 P. 1
• 1918 Kan. LEXIS 174

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT. .</p> <p>1. Pledge — Personal Property — Pledgee in Possession — Subsequent Chattel Mortgage — Priorities. A contractor cut, baled, and stored hay for the owner of the hay.' The hay was stored in a locked barn, rented by the contractor from a third person, the key of which the contractor kept in his possession or under his control. The owner agreed that the contractor' might hold the hay as security for money due him. Held, no additional delivery of the hay and no change in the appearance of possession were necessary to consummate the pledge as against a subsequent mortgagee of the hay.</p> <p>2. Trial — No Prejudicial Error. Instructions to the jury considered, and held not to be prejudicially erroneous or misleading.</p>