E. B. Millar & Co. v. Olney

This was an action of trover, brought by the plaintiff against the defendants, to recover the value of the interest that they claim ,to have by virtue of a certain chattel mortgage in a stock of goods situate in the city of Grand Bapids.

The defendants Olney and Shields claimed that they legally held possession of said stock by virtue of a certain chattel mortgage given them by the owners thereof, and who were the mortgagors in the chattel mortgage of the plaintiff. It is a controversy between a subsequent mortgagee from a common mortgagor, who has placed his mortgage on record, and a party…