Selden Truck Corp. v. Burns

The defendant was the owner of a truck. He turned it in as part payment on a new Selden truck and gave a series of notes for the balance. The new truck has been retaken and resold under a chattel mortgage which was given to secure the notes and the upshot of the transaction is that the defendant has turned in his old truck, has been foreclosed of his new truck and is being sued for $800, the balance due on the promissory notes. Under this state of facts an opportunity should be afforded him to try his case in the county where he resides and where the contract originated. He claims that there…