Spaulding v. Johnson

This case involves the right of possession of a stock of drugs and store fixtures, the defendant in error, plaintiff below, claiming under a chattel mortgage executed by one Moore, and the plaintiff in error claiming by virtue of five executions to satisfy as many different judgments against the mortgagor named. There was a trial before the district court for Madison county, resulting in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff below, which has been removed into this court for review by means of the petition in error of the unsuccessful party.

The facts out of which the controversy arose are,…