Curtis v. Wilcox

The plaintiffs in this case sued the defendant in trover for the conversion of a stock of goods which they claimed under a chattel mortgage given by Gilbert Dickerson. The mortgage bore - date September 14, 1878, and covered a stock of goods with which Dickerson was carrying on business at Three Rivers, and also a number of peddlers’ wagons and the horses in use with the same; “ also all the stock, goods, wares and merchandise that the said party of the first part may add to or get for use in the said business, or for which he shall exchange or trade any of the aforesaid goods, wares,…