Burrow v. Leigeber

CLAYTON, Justice.

This is an appeal by defendant below from a judgment in detinue, awarding to the plaintiff certain personal property and fixing the amount of the unpaid balance on a mortgage debt, after suggestion that the suit was filed by a mortgagee against a mortgagor.

Apparently plaintiff had been lending money to the defendant and selling to him livestock and automotive equipment for several years, as a number of mortgages and matters of account were introduced into the evidence. The chief cause of disagreement between the parties was a bay horse mule, nine or ten years old, weight 1150…