Reeves v. Hathcock

Citations

• 114 Miss. 555
• 75 So. 384

Syllabus

<p>1. Chattel Mortgage. Sufficiency of evidence. Value of property.</p> <p>In a suit by a trustee under a deed of trust covering a cotton crop to recover the value of a bale of cotton, evidence that about a bale of cotton was taken by defendant, that it was Worth a certain sum per pound, and that in the usual bale of cotton there would be a specified amount of seed worth a certain amount, was proof sufficiently definite as to amount and value of the cotton taken to authorize a submission of the ease to the jury.</p> <p>2. Chattel Mortgages. Sufficiency of evidence.</p> <p>In a suit by a trustee under a deed of trust covering a cotton crop to' recover the value of cotton disposed of by the mortgagor, plaintiff is not required to prove that the mortgagor did not pay the proceeds of the converted cotton to his landlord, where the defendant did not interplead the lien holders.</p>