MacK Trucks, Inc. v. Taylor

This is an action of replevin brought in Linn county to recover the possession of four trucks pursuant to the forfeiture and repossession provision of a purchase money chattel mortgage executed by defendant mortgagor in favor of plaintiff’s assignor, the seller-mortgagee. The execution and default of each mortgage was set out in a separate count. In each count plaintiff demanded possession of the truck covered by the particular mortgage, or, in the alternative, the unpaid purchase price.

The complaint alleged that the trucks were located in Linn County, Oregon at the time of the commencement…