In re Ratcliff

DAWKINS, District Judge.

This is an application by the trustee for a review of the ruling of tho referee upon the claim of Mrs. Grace Ratcliff Scott, daughter of the bankrupt, wherein a chattel mortgage upon an automobile was sustained.

The only question involved is as to whether the description was sufficient to identify the ear under the state chattel mortgage law. It was described as “one Packard Coupe Automobile, color dark brown, 1929 model.”

The applicable provision is section 2 of the statute (Act No. 398 of the Louisiana Legislature of 1918, page 372), which reads as follows: “That every…