Seawell v. . Person

This is an action to recover personal property, the plaintiff claiming to be the owner thereof under a chattel mortgage, executed by the defendant Person on 18 February, 1911, to secure $210, of which $160 was the purchase price of a mule and $50 for supplies to be furnished.

The defendant admitted the execution of the mortgage, but denied that he was indebted to the plaintiff. He alleged that on the day the chattel mortgage was executed, the plaintiff rented him a farm known as the Rhodes place, for the year 1911, by written lease, and agreed to furnish him four tons of guano and $50 in…