Farmers & Merchants State Bank v. Kohler

Taylor, O.

This is an action to obtain possession of sume 70 head of cattle and a considerable quantity of grain claimed by plaintiff under a chattel mortgage. Defendant asserted that the mortgage and the note secured by it were void and of no effect for the reasons set forth in a lengthy answer and asked that they be surrendered and cancelled.

Defendant, with his family, resided on a farm owned by his wife, Ida Kohler, near the village of Correll. On August 27, 1919, he entered into a contract with W. A. Kyes for the purchase of an adjoining farm. The transactions relating to and growing out…