Reynolds v. Franklin

The plaintiff was the owner of a stock of household goods and furniture, which he valued at about $3,600. There was filed against this property, and apparently a lien upon it, a chattel mortgage given to secure the note of a former owner for $550. The plaintiff claimed, however, that this note had been paid. The defendant owned several tracts of land, aggregating in value, in his opinion, much more than plaintiff’s goods and furniture. Negotiations between the parties led to an agreement whereby plaintiff was *280to select a number of pieces of defendant’s land, which were to be properly conveyed…