Koeberle v. Coit

This action was brought upon a promissory note and chattel mortgage securing the same. The note and security had been given in satisfaction of a judgment against defendant on a store account. The defense was that the note and mortgage had been obtained by duress and menace, •by means of a threat to levy execution under the former judgment upon defendant’s exempt household furniture, and to set the same out in the street in front of defendant’s home so that the neighbors would see that defendant’s household goods were being taken under process of law. The trial court found against defendant’s…