Houston v. Nord
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiffs brought this action in the district court for Hennepin county, to recover possession of household furniture mortgaged by defendant Charles Nord to Joseph "Williams, who assigned the mortgage to plaintiffs. - At the trial, before Rea, J., a verdict was directed for plaintiffs. The defendants appeal from an order refusing a new" trial.
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Plaintiffs brought this action in the district court for Hennepin county, to recover possession of household furniture mortgaged by defendant Charles Nord to Joseph "Williams, who assigned the mortgage to plaintiffs. - At the trial, before Rea, J., a verdict was directed for plaintiffs. The defendants appeal from an order refusing a new" trial. The chattel mortgage from defendant Charles Nord to Williams-contained the following condition, referred to in the opinion: “Provided that these presents are upon the express condition that the said-party of the first part shall pay or cause to be paid…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
The transactions leading up to this suit were briefly these : One Williams, being the owner of the property now in controversy, executed a chattel mortgage on it to a Mrs. Bullock, and-subsequently sold it to defendant Charles Nord, who assumed and agreed to pay the mortgage, and at the same time executed back to-Williams a second mortgage upon the property. Default having been made in the conditions of the latter mortgage, plaintiffs, Williams’s-assignees, brought this action against Nord and wife to recover possession of the mortgaged property. The wife, Mary Nord, answered,, claiming the…
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