First National Bank v. Staab

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

The plaintiff bank loaned Jacob Staab $175.25, taking his note payable on demand, which note his father was to have signed, but did not, secured by a chattel mortgage on some wheat and other property already mortgaged to the bank by the defendants to secure indebtedness which had been running and accumulating for a number of years. The bank brought replevin, and in its affidavit fixed the value of the wheat at $3,000 and the other property at $1,730. No redelivery bond was given. The bank sold the wheat for $600 and the other property for…