Public Finance Corp. of Kansas City v. Shemwell

CROSS, Judge.

Plaintiff Public Finance Corporation sues defendant Donald T. Shemwell for a claimed unpaid deficiency on a note secured by a chattel mortgage on an automobile remaining after the repossession and sale of the pledged chattel. The case was tried by the court without a jury. Defendant appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $455.84.

Defendant principally contends that the judgment should have been in his favor because the note was without consideration. He says the transaction was an attempted sale of the automobile and that the note was given primarily as the…