Keel v. Attaway

Attaway brought an action in trover against Keel to recover certain personal property. Keel replevied the property. Upon the trial the undisputed evidence showed that the property sued for was conveyed to Attaway by Keel in a bill of sale for 'the purpose of securing the debt due Attaway and represented by "the note executed by Keel; and the title to the property passed to Attaway until said debt was paid in full. “A bill of sale of personalty to secure a debt, although it contains a clause to reeonvey the property upon the payment of the debt, is not a mortgage, but is an absolute conveyance…