Richardson v. Alpena Lumber Co.

The Alpena Lumber Company brought an action of trover to recover the value of certain logs purchased by defendants below at a mortgage sale.

Both parties claim title through the firm of B. Cushman & Co., the defendants, under two chattel mortgages •given January 20th and June 12th, 1874, and a sale thereunder; the plaintiff, under a chattel mortgage given August 14th, 1874, with authority to sell thereunder, given afterwards, and other instruments not necessary to refer to.. The plaintiff below, defendant in error, was under the undisputed facts clearly entitled to recover, if the two…