Robert & St. John Motor Co. v. Bumpass

This suit was brought by Robert St. John Motor Company against E. B. Bumpass to recover upon a note and to foreclose a chattel mortgage lien. The defendant pleaded a cross-action, seeking recovery upon a number of different items aggregating more than $1,000. The judgment awarded recovery, in part, upon the cross-action; thus reducing the amount otherwise recoverable on the note. The plaintiff has appealed. Any further statement of the case necessary to an understanding of the questions presented for decision will be made as a part of the discussion which follows.

The first assignment of error…