Amort v. Tupper

The plaintiff commenced a suit against the defendant to foreclose a chattel mortgage upon personal property situated in Clackamas county, Oregon, which mortgage was given to the plaintiff by the defendant to secure a promissory note in the original sum of $7,000.

The defendant admits the execution and delivery of the note and the chattel mortgage. He defends on the grounds of want of consideration and fraud, alleging that the note and mortgage arose out of a transaction whereby he purchased from the plaintiff 11 shares of stock in the Contractors Supply Company, an Oregon corporation, for the…