Mendenhall v. Kratz

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Anders, J.

This action was brought to foreclose a chattel mortgage executed by V. Kratz and the Clal-lam Lumber Company to Russell & Co., an Ohio corporation, to secure the payment of $3,000, the same being a part of the purchase price of certain sawmill machinery included in the mortgage. The instrument was dated May 26, 1891, but was not acknowledged and delivered until June 3, 1891. At or about *454the time the mortgage was delivered the property therein mentioned was shipped from Portland, Oregon, to the mortgagors at Clallam Bay in Clallam county,…