Linograph Co. v. Bost

This is the second appeal in this case. The suit was originally brought in the Johnson Chancery Court to recover $2,149.50, the balance of the purchase money due on a typesetting machine, and to foreclose a chattel mortgage given to secure the debt.

S. H. Logan bought the property from the appellant, and executed the notes and mortgage upon which suit was brought. Logan afterwards sold his business to Hunter and Bost, and Hunter and Bost purchased the typesetting machine from appellant, and assumed the payment of the unpaid notes given by Liogan.

One of the defenses in that case was that…