Davidson v. Bennett

Champlin, 0.- J.

This was an action of replevin commenced in justice’s court to try the title of the plaintiff to a span of horses.

The defendant justified his right to possession under a, certain chattel mortgage executed by Alfred Davidson and his wife, the plaintiff, • to the Groton Bridge & Manufacturing Company, dated August 20, 1888, to secure the payment of $170, November 1, 1888, with interest. The-plaintiff was not named in the body of the instrument as-a party thereto, but signed her name to it under the name of her husband. She claimed and gave testimony which tended to prove that…