Brasher v. Christophe

Macon, C.

The facts of this case are: In February, 1880, Christophe was keeping a boarding-house or tavern called the “Balcom House,” in Denver, holding a lease on the premises from Plallack Bros., and on the 19th of that month assigned said lease, and sold the furniture in the house to James Bell and Alexander Lewis, for $2,500, $1,500 of which was paid down, and the notes of Bell and Lewis 'for $1,000 were given, to secure which, the latter executed to Christophe a chattel mortgage upon the same furniture they had bought of him, in which they reserved the power to sell and dispose of the…