Levitch v. Link (1917)
Decided: April 13, 1917 · Docket: 13903.
Holding and reasoning
An earlier valid chattel mortgage outranked a later stable-keeper lien. Retention and summary-sale powers did not themselves create priority. The court reversed and directed protection of the liens in chronological order, distinguishing statutes expressly granting priority over other liens. Complete judicial opinion, unofficial Hall reproduction.
Currentness and later treatment
The full Brazier majority expressly discusses this distinction. Current
RCW 62A.9A-102, -109, -308, -310, -322 and -333 separately govern scope,
agricultural perfection and possessory-lien priority. The 1993 agister act adds
proceeds/collection rights; the historical mortgage affidavit is not a modern
perfection instruction. Transaction classification and later legal changes must
be applied separately; comprehensive treatment remains needs_verification.
Full current Article 9A;
full enacted 1993 c. 53;
in-re-brazier-forest-products-wa-m12-1986.
The full body was recovered through ordinary web-reader access after other ordinary sources failed; prior failures remain preserved, not rewritten.
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