98 Iowa 508 | Iowa | 1896
The defendant sheriff seized, by virtue of an execution, certain personal property as belonging to B. F. Boomer. Plaintiff, having a mortgage thereon, brings this action, attaching to his petition, as an exhibit the mortgage. To the petition there was a demurrer, which the court overruled, from which ruling the appeal is taken. The only question presented is as to the sufficiency of the description in the mortgage, which is as follows: “One bay mare about six years old, one sorrel mare about six years old, one double buggy, one set bob sleighs, one wagon, one pair wagon scales in Water-ville, Iowa, one pair small scales, three cutters, etc., and one set of harness, one red and white cow.” It is not claimed that the description is insufficient, except