Shepherd Laundries Co. v. Griffin

Appellee sued appellant for a balance due upon notes — secured by chattel mortgage on the machinery — given in part payment on the sale for $2,250 by him to it of a secondhand 125 H. P. boiler and accessories, also asking foreclosure. The transaction was further evidenced by a bill of sale.

Appellant admitted the cause of action to be good, except as defeated in whole or part by the facts alleged in its answer .and cross-action.

These averments, in material substance, were that the appellee had at the time, as an inducement to it to make the purchase and with the intent that it should rely and…