Marchand v. Ronaghan

The respondent, who was plaintiff in the lower court, instituted this suit to foreclose a chattel mortgage executed by the defendant and appellant herein upon the saws, engine, boiler, tools and equipments of a sawmill, together with a large amount of lumber in the yard, all of which was situated near Fletcher in Nez Perce county. Defendant answered denjdng the validity of the mortgage and set up counterclaims far in excess of the amount covered by plaintiff’s mortgage. The cause was tried before Honorable C. L. McDonald, judge pro tern, and findings of fact, conclusions of law, and decree…