Security Bank v. Hawk

I join in the judgment and syllabus. However, on the issue before us, I see no distinction between a mortgage deed and other real estate deeds. I believe the majority opinion needlessly puts the law in a state of confusion by indicating that a mortgage deed may be executed partially in blank but that other deeds may not. The ancient holding in Ayres v. Harness (1824), 1 Ohio 368, cannot be distinguished and should be overruled.