Mogan v. Larson

Defendant, through foreclosure of a real estate mortgage, acquired title to what we may describe as the Sunset Packing Company plant, in South Bend. At the time of foreclosure, “all of the machinery and equipment in said plant classed as personal property of the Sunset Packing Company” had been sold by the sheriff under distraint proceedings for personal property taxes assessed and levied for the year 1930. To the successful bidders, the sheriff executed and delivered a bill of sale containing the following description:

“All personal property of every kind, character and description, which was…