Granger v. Harper

This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in an action to foreclose a chattel mortgage given to secure a promissory note signed by the defendants Henry Harper and H. O. Langstaff. A deficiency judgment was entered against the defendant Langstaff, who alone was personally served in the action. The defendant Langstaff appealed.

Issues were raised by the answer to the complaint based on the appellant’s contentions that he signed the note as surety only; that the plaintiff knew that he signed as surety and consented to accept him as such; and that the subsequent taking by the creditor…