LeClercq v. Michael

This is an appeal by defendants from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs decreeing the foreclosure of a chattel mortgage executed by defendants on the furniture and fixtures of a restaurant.

Plaintiffs, who are mother and son, were the owners and operators of a restaurant known as “Mother LaClair’s Chicken Pie Shop. ’’ They listed the business for sale with a broker and in June, 1945, defendants called at the restaurant as prospective purchasers and talked with plaintiff Armand LeClercq. During the conversation, in response to an inquiry as to why he wanted to sell the business, Armand stated it…