Avirett v. Barnhart

The appellant, John W. Avirett, executed a chattel mortgage on the 29th of September, 1890, to J. Wilson Hum-bird, of Cumberland, Md., to secure the payment of a promissory note for the sum of $2,500. On July 5th, 1894, the mortgagee, Humbird, endorsed on the mortgage a receipt for $650 and interest to date, leaving the sum of $1,850 still due, and on the same day J. Wilson Humbird assigned the mortgage to Philip W. Avirett, a brother of the mortgagor. This mortgage was assigned by Philip W. Avirett on Sept. 11th, 1894, to Edward Hoffman and A. P. Connor, and by them it was assigned on Nov.…