Guess v. Lummus Cotton Gin Co.

NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.

Appellee, plaintiff below and herein referred to as the Lummus Company, brought this action to foreclose a chattel mortgage on a certain cotton gin outfit sold to the appellant, who will be hereinafter referred to as the defendant. The transactions all occurred in the state of South Carolina, and the suit was brought in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of that state.

Prior to the transaction involved here, the Lummus Company had sold the outfit in question to one R. H. Walker, and reserved a first mortgage on the property. While Walker…