Woodall v. Malone-Harrison Motor Co.

Appellee sued appellants in detinue under the statute for machinery sold. Defendants suggested a mortgage as the basis of plaintiff’s claim, and pleaded specially numerous matters affecting the amount of the debt, claiming that there was nothing due on it.

The evidence tends to show that there was a mortgage given for the purchase price of the machinery, and that after it became due, a controversy arose between the parties, and they finally adjusted their differences by a compromise agreement written on the mortgage itself. In offering evidence of the amount of the indebtedness, appellee,…