Briggs v. Mette

By the terms of a lease from Waldo M. Johnson to Sarah Cheney, executed by both parties Oc*13tober 1, 1876, Mrs. Cheney covenanted to pay Johnson $1940 rent in advance payments at the rate of $53-per month from October 1, 1876, to May 1, 1877; and at the rate of $61.33 per month 'from May 1, 1877, to> May 1, 1378; and at the rate of $69.67 from May 1, 1878, to May 1,1879. The instrument embraced a clause by which Mrs. Cheney mortgaged to Johnson her personal property on the premises to secure these payments, and was duly filed| as a chattel mortgage January 8, 1877.

Subsequently, and on the 8th…