Puckett v. Hopkins

In 1917 Jesse W. Puckett purchased a Ford touring car from the local miners’ union at Klein, Montana, and, to secure the payment of the purchase price, gave a chattel mortgage upon the ear. About September 8, 1918, the balance due upon the indebtedness was paid, and on September 9 the sheriff of Musselshell county seized the car under a writ of at*139tachment issued in an action wherein M. T. Polich was plaintiff and Jesse "W. Puckett was defendant. Hubert D. Puckett, claiming to be the owner of the ear, commenced this action and joined the sheriff and Polich as defendants. The complaint is in…