Watson v. Rowley

Stevenson, V. C.

The bill is filed to foreclose a chattel mortgage and if necessary to reform the same. The defendant, who, on this motion objects to the sufficiency of the bill as against him, is the general assignee of the mortgagors for the benefit of their creditors. His insistment is that the mortgage is shown by the bill to be void as against him because of the insufficiency of the affidavit accompanying the same.

The claim of the complainants that, in case the affidavit should be adjudged to be defective by reason of its failure to comply with the requirements of the statute, the…