Wakeman v. Barrows

Marston, JT.

Barrows, claiming title as assignee of Wright & Wakeman, for the benefit of their creditors, brought replevin for certain goods held by Wakeman under a chattel mortgage given by the assignors, and turned out by them to the representative of the mortgagee the day previous to the assignment. The assignment described the mortgaged goods and added that they were “under conditional chattel mortgage to A. Wakeman, deceased, and now in their possession.”

It is wholly unnecessary to discuss the various questions raised in reference to the validity and filing of this mortgage. There is one…