Watson v. Mead

The plaintiff brought replevin against the defendants, who are husband and wife, for the recovery of a large number of chattels, which he claimed by virtue of a chattel mortgage executed by George Mead, one of the defendants. The wife did not sign it. Included in the mortgage were some horses, cows, and sheep.

The defendants attack the validity of the mortgage on *334several grounds, — among others (1) that it was made with intent to hinder, delay, and defraud creditors; (2) that it included exempt property, requiring the wife’s signature.

The mortgage named several persons as mortgagees, among…