Bushnell v. Wood

Citations

• 85 Ill. 88

Syllabus

<p>1. Chattel mortgage—whether fraudulent, a question of fact. Where a chattel mortgage is regularly executed, acknowledged and recorded before the issue of an execution, it will give a prior lien, and whether it is fraudulent as to creditors is a question of fact for the jury, under proper instructions.</p> <p>3. Evidence—res gestee. Declarations made by the mortgagor at the time of executing a chattel mortgagé, are a part of the res gestee, and admissible in evidence.</p>