Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York June 5, 1908 (Geisler v. David Stevenson Brewing Co.)

Houghton, J.:

In 1902 one Andrew Butz executed and delivered to the defendant a chattel mortgage upon certain furniture and fixtures in a saloon conducted by him. The mortgage contained as part of the property pledged an assignment of the lease of the premises in which the business was being conducted.