Eslow v. Mitchell

The plaintiffs in error, who were defendants below, held a chattel mortgage on certain articles used in a billiard saloon, given by one George W. Closson, in. January, 1870, and falling due March 15, 1870. They were in possession of the chattels from a time not long after the date of the mortgage. There was evidence tending to show a sale and conveyance of the goods by the mortgagees, to one Teaehout, in February, 1870, before the mortgage matured. Some time before its maturity, Closson empowered one Lane as his agent, to pay the mortgage and get the property back, and dispose of it. Lane…