68 Iowa 150 | Iowa | 1885
The property in question consists of nineteen steers, each two years old at the time the action was brought, and nineteen steers each one year old at the time the action was brought. The plaintiffs claim a right to the immediate possession of the steers by virtue of an alleged chattel mortgage executed to them by one Peterson. The defendant claims the right of possession as sheriff of Shelby county, by virtue of an alleged levy of writs of attachment issued against the property of said Peterson.
Several questions are presented, but it will be sufficient to determine one of them, and that is as to whether the description in the mortgage is sufficient to cover the property in question. The defendant contends that it is not, and, in our opinion, bis position must be sustained. The description is in these words: “Sixty head of two and three year old steers, and forty head of yearling steers; also, sixty-ñve acres of standing corn, situated in Olay township, Shelby county.
Affirmed.