Knowles v. Gilmer State Bank

(after stating the facts as above).

It is urged as a fundamental error that the petition of the bank was subject to a general demurrer, as there was no allegation of the value of the mortgaged property affirmatively showing jurisdiction in the county court to foreclose the chattel mortgage lien. It is not necessary to look to that point in determining the jurisdiction of the county court and the appellant’s rights, since, so far as the appellant is concerned, the suit against him was not one to subject the cotton to the lien, but to recover damages for conversion of the cotton. The allegations…