Gurley v. Davis
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Bt. Francis Circuit Court in Chancery. Hon. J. N. Cypert, Circuit Judge. 1. Appellant’s remedy at law was adequate ; he should have brought replevin. 2. The mortgage void for uncertainty of description.
1Opinion of the Court
STATEMENT.
English, C. J.
On the first day of June, 1880, John R. Gurley, of St. Francis County, executed a note to Mary A. Davis, as administratrix of the estate of H. C. Davis, deceased, for $461.25, payable on or before the first day of January, 1881.
On the same day he executed to her, as such administratrix, a mortgage to secure the payment of the note, by which he conveyed to her the following described personal property, to wit, “ thirty head of stock cattle, and eleven head stock horses,” and covenanted that he was the lawful owner of said property, and had a good right to sell and…
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