Cook v. Augustus

Appellee gave to the Rumley Products Company his promissory note in settlement for an oil tractor engine and some gang plows to be drawn by it, for use upon his farm. The note was secured by a chattel mortgage, and that fact was noted on the face of the note. Before maturity the note was transferred to appellant by indorsement on the back by the payee without recourse on it. Upon a trial of a suit brought on that note the jury found the issues for the defendant, and judgment was entered on the verdict against the plaintiff in bar of bis action and for costs. The defense interposed was breach…