Haverty Furniture Co. v. Thompson

Mrs. Fred B. Thompson sued the Haverty Furniture Company for damages on account of chattel-mortgage foreclosure proceedings by the company against her when the mortgage debt had been fully paid and satisfied, alleging that her property *740was seized under the process, and that the proceedings were dismissed by the company. The officer to whom the process was directed did not actually seize the property, but went to the plaintiff’s home and announced to her mother-in-law his business at the home, whereupon she informed him that the plaintiff was very sick and could not be disturbed, and that the…