Waite v. Mathews

Plaintiff sued defendant in trover for the *393conversion of certain property on which plaintiff held two chattel mortgages, made by the firm of Watson & Waite, which had one place of business in Oxford, and one in Orion, Oakland county. Defendant claimed to have acted under executions from the United States court against a firm of which the mortgagors were members, on judgments upon debts older than the mortgages, and the chief controversy was upon the validity of the mortgages as against the creditors whom he represented.

One mortgage was made December 14, 1878, for $5000. The other was given…