Legal Opinion

Wheeler v. Becker

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 23, 1886PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from, Cerro Gordo District Court. Action of replevin. There was a judgment upon a verdict for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.

*7241.chattel scríptioru íí<> tl0e' *723I. Plaintiff claims possession of the property in question under a chattel mortgage executed by one Mott. *724Defendant, who is a constable, levied upon it, on execution issued on a judgment in favor of another creditor. The questions arising in the case involve the sufficiency of the mortgage to bind the property. The mortgage described the property in controversy in the following language: “One bay horse, seven years old, weight 1,150; one bay mare, nine years old, weight 1,250; * * * ” and “ all crops to be grown or raised ” by the mortgagor,, in 1884, on certain…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Smith & Co. v. McLeanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
  2. Scharfenburg v. BishopSupreme Court of Iowa · 1872
  3. Muir v. BlakeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Isbell v. SletteMontana Supreme Court · 1916
  2. Thompson v. AndersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
  3. Farmers Trust & Savings Bank v. MillerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1927
  4. McMaster v. EmersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899
  5. Jennings v. SparkmanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1890

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