Woods v. Gaar, Scott & Co.

This is trover by mortgagor against mortgagee for the value of goods taken possession of and sold under the insecurity clause in the mortgage.

April 16, 1889, plaintiff bought of defendant a steam threshing rig, consisting of engine and separator, for $1,800. Four hundred dollars was paid down, and the balance, represented by six notes, two of which were payable October 1 and December 1, 1889, two October 1 and December 1, 1890, and two October 1 and December 1, 1891, was secured by a real-estate mortgage of $400, and a chattel mortgage upon the threshing rig. The first two notes, amounting to…