Belding-Hall Manufacturing Co. v. Smith

The sole question involved in this case is what construction is to be put upon the following instrument :

“I, Augustus W. Slayton, of the village of Tecumseh, county of Lenawee, and State of Michigan, party of the first part, do hereby chattel mortgage and convey to Joseph H. Smith, of said Tecumseh, as trustee, in trust for the following-named purposes, the property herein after mentioned: All the goods, chattels, credits, and effects of every sort and character situated in and belonging to my lumber yard at the village of Royal Oak, Oakland county, Michigan, and commonly designated as the…