Skinner v. Harrington

The defendant in fi. fa. filed an affidavit of illegality, the grounds of which were (1) that the retention-of-title contract foreclosed was induced by fraudulent misrepresentations as to one of the two mules bought by the defendant; (2) that the plaintiff in fi. fa. had accepted one of the mules back, in cancellation of the retention-of-title contract; (3) that the plaintiff in fi. fa. accepted back one mule and agreed to furnish another, which he failed to do; (4) that the defendant did not sign the contract foreclosed, or authorize any one else to do so for him.

1. It was not error to…