Southwest Contract Purchase Corp. v. McGee

We quote the following from the opinion of the Honorable Court of Civil Appeals, 296 S. W., 912, for a partial statement of the case:

“The appellant, as assignee of Rideway and Bruton, instituted this suit against appellee to recover a balance alleged to be due on a written instrument described by appellant as an installment note executed by appellee in part payment of a refrigerating machine sold to appellee by Ridgeway & Bruton, and to foreclose a chattel mortgage on the machine given to secure the payment thereof. Appellee pleaded under oath certain offsets and counter claims based upon the…