Mulvany v. Gross

In May, 1888, Robert Holland and Henry Newby were indebted to the appellee, Gross, to the extent of six hundred dollars. On the 16th of that month, to*113gether with Mrs. Newby, they executed a promissory note to the order of Mr. Gross, promising to pay that sum with interest on or before the 15th of October of the same year. Concurrently with the making of the note the parties executed a chattel mortgage upon a crop of oats then growing upon certain lands in Chaffee county which belonged to Newby, but were being farmed by Mr. Holland. The mortgage was put upon record, and the note remained…