Lassen v. Curtis

The single question presented is this: Where a decree awarding personal judgment for the balance due on a promissory note and foreclosing a chattel mortgage given to secure the note fails to make specific provision for a deficiency judgment, must the judgment creditor look only to the mortgaged property in satisfying the judgment?

C. J. Lassen gave W. H. Curtis a promissory note in the sum of one thousand dollars, covering the balance due on the purchase price of certain personal property. The note was secured by a chattel mortgage on the purchased property. Lassen later sought to rescind the…