Gilfillan's Admr. v. Bixby

The plaintiff, both as administrator of the estate of his mother, Sarah B. Gilfillan, and personally as her only heir at law, seeks to enjoin the foreclosure of a chattel mortgage given by Mrs. Gilfillan to the defendant Bixby covering certain household furniture owned by her. Defendant Batchelder is a deputy sheriff acting in behalf of Bixby in the foreclosure. After hearing and facts found by the chancellor a decree was entered dismissing the bill with costs, and the plaintiff has appealed.

Among other grounds for relief the bill charges that the mortgage was obtained by fraud and duress and…