Mills v. Williams
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Audrain Circuit Court, Hon. E. M. Hughes, Judge. Statement of case by the court. This is a proceeding in equity to have a certain instrument of writing declared a deed of assignment for the benefit of creditors, and to enjoin the trustee from executing the same as a chattel mortgage, and for other relief.
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Appeal from Audrain Circuit Court, Hon. E. M. Hughes, Judge. Statement of case by the court. This is a proceeding in equity to have a certain instrument of writing declared a deed of assignment for the benefit of creditors, and to enjoin the trustee from executing the same as a chattel mortgage, and for other relief. The facts are as follows: On the twenty-eighth day of July, 1886, Martha E. Botts, a feme sole, was engaged in a general mercantile business at Mexico, Missouri. Becoming insolvent, on that day she executed the following instrument of writing, duly acknowledged and recorded: “…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilips, P. J.
I. The ' chief question presented for our determination is, what is the legal character of the written instrument % Is it a bill of sale, a chattel mortgage, or a deed of assignment ?
It is not a bill of sale, because no actual consideration was paid, or agreed to be paid, for the property conveyed ; nor were the debts thereby extinguished, so as to irrevocably pass the title, without any condition or trust attached thereto, or any reversionary interest in the seller.
It is either a chattel mortgage, or a deed of assignment. It is made by a debtor to creditors, the consideration being the…
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