Chipron v. Feikert

This was a trial of the right of property, originally commenced before a justice of the peace, in which Charles Feikert and Joseph Speckart were plaintiffs, and Paul Chipron was defendant. On trial before the justice of the peace, plaintiffs held the property, and defendant appealed to the circuit court, where a trial was had before the court and a jury, with a like result.

On the trial of this case in the circuit court, the plaintiffs offered in evidence a chattel mortgage, dated June 20, 1870, given by Theophile Detro to them, for $426, for the property in controversy, which was acknowledged…