Adamson v. Fagan
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action brought in the municipal court of Minneapolis, to recover possession of a horse, originally the property of one McPherson, the plaintiff claiming under the mortgage considered in the opinion, and the defendants under a subsequent sale by McPherson. The court found the value of the horse to be $140, and ordered judgment for defendants. The plaintiff appeals from an order refusing a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
The only question in the case is as to the sufficiency of the description of the property in the chattel mortgage. That description of the property involved in this action is “one gray horse six years old, weighs 1,400 pounds.” The covenant in the mortgage “that the same is now in his (the mortgagor’s) possession in the city of Minneapolis,” may be also taken as part of the description. The description is more full than that held to be good in Eddy v. Caldwell, 7 Minn. 166, (225,) and as full as that held to be good in Adamson v. Horton, 42 Minn. 161, (43 N. W. Rep. 849.) The objection to the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bailey v. MerrittSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1862
- Adamson v. HortonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
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