Totten v. Lawton

This is a proceeding in error, brought for the purpose of reversing an order of the superior court, dissolving a preliminary injunction which had been allowed by one of the judges thereof at the commencement of the action. The facts in the case as they appear of record are these:

The petition in the case averred that the plaintiffs, being the owners of certain furniture and household goods, on November 23, 1892, executed and delivered to defendant, Hall, a chattel mortgage on the same in the name of Harris, a mortgagee, for an alleged consideration of $82.56. That it was executed under duress,…