Wilson v. Rountree

This was an action of replevin, brought by appellants against appellee, for certain wheat. The wheat was originally owned by one Gilbert Wilson, who executed a chattel mortgage upon it to appellants, to secure them against the payment of certain notes of his, whereon they were sureties. The mortgage contained this condition:

“ If I, the said Gilbert Wilson, shall well and truly pay said notes by the 1st day of April, 1874, according to the tenor and effect thereof, then the above conveyance to be void, otherwise in full force and virtue; and it is hereby expressly understood, that I shall…