Farmers' Loan & Mortgage Co. v. Hansen

This is essentially an action to obtain possession of specified personal property. The defendant asserts that the plaintiff failed to give a sufficient description of the property in its com plaint. It is a rule of law that the property forming the subject matter of an action in claim and delivery must be described with a reasonable degree of certainty, so that it can he identified by the officer serving the process, and that the defendant may know what property he is charged with detaining in order that he may prepare his defense. However, the description need not he so definite as to render…