Bateman v. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad

On April 2, 1888, one Blaisdell executed to plaintiff a chattel mortgage upon certain household goods to secure the payment of $84 “according to the conditions of a certain promissory note of even date and collateral hereunto." On February 28, 1889, plaintiff replevied the mortgaged chattels in the circuit court. In April, 1889, pending the replevin suit, plaintiff recovered judgment on the note before a justice of the peace. No appeal was taken from said judgment. The replevin suit was afterwards prosecuted to judgment. The judgment before the justice was not pleaded, and the court found…