White System of Alexandria v. Fitzhugh

J.L. Fitzhugh, the defendant herein and a resident of Grant Parish, Louisiana, bought two Chevrolet trucks from the Colfax Motor Company, Inc.; and for the unpaid balance of the purchase price of each he gave an installment promissory note secured by a vendor's lien and chattel mortgage on the truck represented.

The acts evidencing the mentioned security were recorded in the chattel mortgage records of Grant Parish, where they were executed, on December 16, 1939, and July 12, 1940, respectively.

Following their issuance and delivery, both notes, bearing the endorsement of the Colfax Motor…