Hill v. Citizens National Bank

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

These were actions to recover damages for the unlawful conversion of live stock. Judgment was for the plaintiff in each case. Defendant appeals.

W. W. Hill had borrowed about $20,000 from defendant bank; To secure this indebtedness he had given two notes and a chattel mortgage on several hundred head of sheep and sundry mules and cattle. When he shipped the sheep to market the proceeds were credited on his notes. This lacked about $10,000 of being enough to pay off.

The bank brought suit to collect the balance and to foreclose its chattel…