Sigel-Campion Live Stock Co. v. Holly

J. S. Holly owned cattle branded “7-1.” He sold to H. IT. Mills 86 head of them, thirty steers and fifty-six cows. The cattle were not paid for at the time of sale and Mills gave his note to Holly for the purchase price and secured it by a chattel mortgage thereon. The mortgage provided that if the mortgagor removed the cattle from the county or sold or attempted to sell them without the written consent of the mortgagee, the latter might take immediate possession of the same. While the cattle were in possession of Mills, the mortgagor, in Larimer county, the indebtedness being unpaid, the…