44 Minn. 489 | Minn. | 1890
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 description is that it is erroneous in this particular: that, instead of gray, the color of the horse is clear white, (as found by the court below.) It is found as a fact that the “clear white” horse was the one mentioned in the mortgage, so that, as between the parties, the mortgage was good. Was the description sufficient to give purchasers from the mortgagor (the mortgage ’being filed) notice of what property was intended ? A mistake in one item of the description will not necessarily vitiate the mortgage as to third
Order reversed, and the court below will enter judgment on the findings in favor of plaintiff.