Jones v. Ross

Eldridge Ross, residing in Howard County, executed two chattel mortgages on the same property, a cow and a bog, the first to appellant on the 20th day of January, 1927, to secure $50 due October 15, 1927, and the other to appellee on the.day of.....~. The mortgagor then moved with his family to Hempstead County before either mortgage was recorded, where he has since resided and was employed at the time of the trial.

Appellant filed his mortgage on the 28th day of November, 1927, not to be recorded, and appellee filed his mortgage, also in Howard County, shortly after it was executed, and…