United States v. Johnson

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Brought against Claude B. Bland and his wife, the makers of a note, and a crop and chattel mortgage securing same, and against one Johnson, who had purchased and converted to his own use cotton covered by the mortgage, the suit sought a judgment against the makers for the balance due on the note and against Johnson for $868.88, the value of the cotton converted by him.

The defendant Johnson, admitting that he had purchased the cotton, denied knowledge or actual notice of the mortgage, and alleged that, because of inadequacy in the description of the property covered, the…