Dodds v. Johnson
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the .verdict of a jury, at the Jefferson circuit, in September, 1872. The action was brought against the defendant, James Johnson, to recover the value of certain goods levied upon and sold by him as sheriff of Jefferson county. The facts sufficiently appear ■ in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMullin, P. J.
John Dodds, on the 27th of April, 1869, executed and delivered to his father, Michael Dodds, the plaintiff in this action, a chattel mortgage upon liquors and. furniture in the hotel kept by him at the Oxbow in said county, together with wood in the wood-house belonging to said hotel, and ice in the ice-house.
The mortgage was given to secure the plaintiff for certain debts of the mortgagor, which said plaintiff had paid or became liable to pay. There were three notes held by Brandy, Reynolds & Go., amounting to $375, a note given to William Hall, on which there was due, at the date of the…
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