Sumner v. Mckee

This was an action of replevin, in the circuit court of Madison county, tried by the court, without a jury, on an agreed statement of facts, as follows:

“That on the 8th day of January, 1876, one Jesse K. McKee, the plaintiff’s intestate, now deceased, for a valuable and adequate consideration, executed his promissory note for the sum of $600, payable twelve months after date, with ten per' cent annual interest from date; that to secure this note, on the same day he executed a chattel mortgage upon the property in controversy, all legal formalities in the execution of said mortgage having been…