King v. Shelton

S. M. Shelton brought this suit against N. W. King to recover on five promissory notes, each in the sum of $40 and given in part purchase price of a secondhand Ford automobile, valued by Shelton in the transaction at $350; the balance of the purchase price being a secondhand Chalmers Sedan ear, given in exchange, of the agreed value of $150, and the notes being secured by a chattel mortgage on the Ford automobile. The suit was to recover on the notes, and foreclose the mortgage lien.

King answered by general denial, and special pleas of fraud, failure of consideration, breach of warranty as to…