Skala v. Brockman

Shepherd, District. Judge.

This is a question purely of jurisdiction.. On.the 7th *260day of September, 1920, the plaintiff, John Skala, sued bis lessee, John Brockman, for a chattel mortgage on crops, according to the terms of the lease between them. He alleged that defendant by said lease agreed to give him such a mortgage upon demand to secure rent in the sum of $500; that on the 3d day of September, 1920, he went upon the land to make such demand; that defendant had concealed himself' so that plaintiff was unable to find him, then or since, and had absconded with intent to defraud plaintiff of…