Stephens v. Collins Piano Co.

(after stating the case as above).

The assignment of error upon which the appeal is predicated reads: “The court erred in rendering any judgment in this case, for the reason that the trial court was without jurisdiction to hear and determine this controversy, as the same was a suit for foreclosure of a chattel mortgage upon personal property and the value of the mortgaged property was not alleged, such allegation being necessary to confer jurisdiction on the county court.”

As a general rule, a petition in the county court to foreclose a mortgage on personal property may not be regarded as…