Case Name: DANIEL M. HARRIS and others, Appellants, v. ISAAC WESSELS, Impleaded, etc., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1875-11
Citations: 12 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 645
Docket Number: 
Parties: DANIEL M. HARRIS and others, Appellants, v. ISAAC WESSELS, Impleaded, etc., Respondent.
Judges: Present — Leaened, P. J., Boaedman and Booees, JJ.
Reporter: Supreme Court Reports (Hun)
Volume: 12
Pages: 645–645

Head Matter:
DANIEL M. HARRIS and others, Appellants, v. ISAAC WESSELS, Impleaded, etc., Respondent.
Chattel mortgage — execution of., by pa/rty not evidence of his sole mnen'ship in properly mortgaged.
This action was brought to recover the value of certain repairs made upon a canal boat, alleged to be the joint property of the defendants Wessels and Waggoner. The latter did notappear in the action. Upon the trial Wessels, to prove that Waggoner was the sole owner of the boat, offered in evidence two chattel mortgages executed by him, one to one Wells, and the other to Wessels himself, which were, upon the plaintiffs’ objection, excluded.
Held, that their exclusion was proper: 1st. Because Waggoner’s declarations were not admissible as against the plaintiff. 2d. Because the fact of the execution of the mortgage did not tend to show that Wessels was not a joint owner, as either one of two joint owners has the right and power lawfully to mortgage his interest, without the consent, concurrence or knowledge of the other.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Montgomery county, reversing a judgment of a justice of the peace, in favor of the plaintiffs.
II. Olay Hall, for appellants. B. B. Fish, for respondent.

Opinion:
Opinion
jper Curiam.
Present — Leaened, P. J., Boaedman and Booees, JJ.
Judgment of the County Court reversed, and that of justice affirmed, with costs.