Stotts v. Johnson

This is an appeal by Arthur Johnston (erroneously entered in the title of this case as Art Johnson), one of the two defendants, from a decree of the Circuit Court. The suit which culminated in the decree was instituted by the plaintiff-respondent, Roy O. Stotts, *407for the purpose of obtaining the foreclosure of a bill of sale alleged to be, in truth, a chattel mortgage. That instrument described a tractor owned by Earl L. Marshall, one of the two defendants, who was the transferor in the bill of sale. The plaintiff was the transferee. The complaint alleged that the bill of sale was executed to…