Cowan v. . Dale

On 30 January, 1924, D. E. Flowers bought from W. T. Carswell a stock of goods kept in a store near Morganton. He paid part of the agreed price and secured the remainder ($1,200) by notes due in four, eight, and twelve months. These notes were endorsed by the defendants; and on the same day and as a part of one transaction Flowers executed and delivered to the defendants a chattel mortgage on the goods purchased from Carswell and acknowledged the execution thereof before A. N. Dale, one of the mortgagees, who was deputy clerk of the Superior Court. Upon Dale's certificate the mortgage was…