Keller v. Boatman

The appellee commenced an action against the appellants, and several other defendants. The purpose of the action was to recover, as against Keller, the possession of a portable steam saw-mill, to foreclose a mortgage as against Keller on the said mill and certain real estate, and to be subrogated to the rights of Small in a certain mortgage given by Keller to said Small, and to have a foreclosure thereof.

The material facts were these: Robert H. Keller and Hamilton Emmons purchased of the Eagle'Machine Works a portable steam saw-mill, for two thousand eight hundred dollars, for which three…