Burnham v. Haskins
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Clinton. (Newton, J., presiding.) Bill to declare a chattel mortgage, executed contemporaneously with an assignment for the benefit of creditors, void as an illegal preference. Complainants appeal from decree dismissing bill. Reversed, and decree entered as prayed for. The facts are stated in the opinion. •
1Opinion of the CourtCitamplin, J.
On November 14, 1887, George V. Goodrich, of St. Johns, Mich., executed a chattel mortgage to his step-father and his mother, William and Eliza Haskins, covering his entire stock of dry goods and millinery goods, and all store fixtures and furniture, being substantially all the property he owned or possessed. The mortgage was given to secure an indebtedness claimed to be due to the one and the other of the mortgagees, amounting to $2,230.98, which was to be paid, with interest at 7 per cent., on or before January 1, 1888. This indebtedness was made up as follows: One note and interest to date…
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