Dalton v. Stiles

Plaintiff sued defendants in trover for seizing and converting his property. He held a chattel mortgage duly filed and recorded on a stock of goods and fixtures, which defendants seized on attachment against his mother, who was the mortgagor. They took the property, not subject to the mortgage, but in defiance of it. He recovered below, and defendants allege only two errors, — one was concerning an item of evidence; the other was because the court did not order a verdict for defendants.

A witness, Frank A. Mitchell, who showed a knowledge of the business, testified that he was one of the…