Ames Iron Works v. Warren

The Ames Iron Works sold to Warren & Carter a steam engine and boiler. The sale was made in Chicago, Illinois, on the 9th day of September, 1879, and the property was then in that city. At the time of the sale the purchasers executed their promissory 'notes for the unpaid purchase-money, and one month afterwards executed a chattel mortgage to secure the purchase-money notes. The mortgagors were residents of Cook county, Illinois, at the time they purchased the property and at the time the mortgage was executed bv them. The mortgage was executed and recorded in the said county of Cook, in…