Smith v. Anna-Manna, Inc.

MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted in the County Court at Law No. 2 of Bexar County, Texas, by Charles H. Smith, Jr., against Anna-Manna, Inc., seeking to recover the possession of a freezer or, in the alternative, the value of same, alleging wrongful possession by defendant. Defendant alleged it held possession of the freezer by virtue ■of having exercised its right of re-possession and foreclosure under a chattel mortgage executed by plaintiff’s wife without his joinder. Defendant claimed the mortgage to be binding upon the plaintiff on the ground that the mortgage was given to…