Jacobs v. Swift & Co.

May 9, 1935
4 Div. 797.
Reporters:
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Before:
Brown
BROWN, Justice.

This is a bill by a contract creditor, whose debt is secured by a chattel mortgage, for ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‍discovery and relief. The relief sought is the foreclosure of a chattel mortgage, and to avoid a voluntary conveyance of the real estate described in the bill, made by the debtor to his son and ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‍codefendant. The discovery sought is in respect to the location and identity of the property covered by the chattel mortgage.

The bill is single in its purpose — to subject the property of the debtor to the ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‍satisfaction of his debt due the complainant.

The demurrers to the bill were not well taken and were properly overruled. Code 1923, §§ 6526, 7342; Rice et al. v. Eiseman Bros. & Co. et al., 122 Ala. 343, 25 So. 214; ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‍Douglass Cotton Oil Co. et al. v. Alabama Machinery & Supply Co. et al., 205 Ala. 51, 87 So. -342; Comer v. Lehman, Durr & Co., 87 Ala. 362, 6 So. 264; J. E. Butler & Co. et al. v. A. G. Henry & Co., 202 Ala. ‍‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‍155, 79 So. 630; Hanson v. Luther, 229 Ala. 256, 156 So. 771.

Affirmed.

ANDERSON, C. J., and THOMAS and KNIGHT, JJ., concur.