Strong City Gin Co. v. Herring & Young

The action here started as replevin, changed to conversion, and resulted in Judgment for plaintiff partnership. It was claimed that defendant bought cotton and converted such cotton to its own use, notwithstanding the fact that plaintiff had of record a chattel mortgage covering the purchased cotton. The mortgage was undated, and that, together with the description therein, is urged as making the mortgage ineffective as notice. The description, it is asserted, is too indefinite, both as a matter of law and as applied to the facts.

In the mortgage various notes secured by said mortgage are…