Fitch v. Goetjen
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Okanogan county, Pendergast, J., entered May 7, 1914, upon findings in favor of the defendants, denying plaintiff’s costs, in an action to foreclose a chattel mortgage, tried .to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff, E. N. Fitch, commenced this action in the superior court for Okanogan county to recover upon a promissory note and foreclose a chattel mortgage given by the defendants Henry and Charles Goetjen to secure the same, before maturity of the debt so evidenced and secured. The plaintiff rests his claimed right to commence the action before maturity of the debt, upon the ground of his alleged reasonable cause to believe that the mortgaged *356property would be removed by theft from the jurisdiction of the court, which gave him the right to commence the action before maturity of the debt…
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