Morris Plan Co. v. Universal Credit Co.

Action for the conversion of an automobile. By the terms of the petition plaintiff's claim is based upon its alleged ownership of a promissory note for the sum of $454, and a chattel mortgage upon the automobile in question to secure the payment of said note, all executed by one Eastwood, owner of the car at the time; that the note and chattel mortgage were executed in favor of Palmer Motor Company of Paola, Kansas, and for the benefit of it and its assigns, and bear the date of February 19, 1938; that plaintiff purchased said note for value before maturity on or about February 20, 1938, and…