Singer v. Farmers State Bank of Goodridge

Action for conversion. John Eidelbes was the owner of . certain chattels. He gave a chattel mortgage .to Joe Eidelbes which was promptly filed for record in the proper office. The mortgagor remained in possession and later employed the defendant to conduct for him a public sale of the chattels. The sale was had. Defendant collected the proceeds of the sale and applied them upon a note which it held against John Eidelbes. The mortgagor and the mortgagee were brothers. The mortgagee assigned his cause of action against defendant to plaintiff. The case was tried to the court without a jury.…