Kenyon v. Tramel
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jasper District Gowrt. Action to foreclose a chattel mortgage. Judgment for the plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
The defendant Tramel executed to the plaint*694iff a chattel mortgage on “fifty head of steers about (20) months old, now owned by me, and in my possession on my farm in Independence township, JaSper county, Iowa.” The mortgage was executed and filed for record on the seventh day of January, 1384. Afterwards the defendant Baker purchased eleven, and the defendant Wilson sixteen, steers of the mortgagor. 1’t is insisted that the description is fatally defective, and that it cannot be aided by extrinsic evidence. It appears from the evidence that the mortgagor did not have in his possession fifty…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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