Brooks v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company filed a suit in trover in Wilkes superior court against John E. Brooks, for the recovery of a steam-engine, boiler, and gin outfit. In December, 1917, Brooks borrowed money from John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, giving a deed to the land to secure the debt, in which no reference was made to the machinery. This deed contained a power of sale, under the terms of which the property was sold in 1923 and purchased by the insurance company. No reference to the machinery was made in that deed. After the execution of the security deed, Brooks…