Case Name: Thomas J. Fordyce v. Abraham Neal
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1879-04-24
Citations: 40 Mich. 705
Docket Number: 
Parties: Thomas J. Fordyce v. Abraham Neal.
Judges: The other Justices concurred.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 40
Pages: 705–706

Head Matter:
Thomas J. Fordyce v. Abraham Neal.
Chattel mortgage — Description.
The following description in a chattel mortgage is sufficient: “ all the cattle, consisting of two yoke, aged six and seven years, color, red, white and blue * * and all other property now in our possession in or about said village,” etc.
■Where several oxen are described in a mortgage as “red, white and blue,” the full description need not apply to each.
Error to Isabella.
Submitted April 18.
Decided April 24.
. Trover by Neal for the conversion of a yoke of oxen which he claimed to have bought from the owner, but which were taken by Fordyce as sheriff under a chattel mortgage made before he bought them. Defendant brings error.
Fancher é Dodds for plaintiff in error.
Brown é Leaton for defendant in error.

Opinion:
Marston, J.
The only question presented in this case is as to the sufficiency cf a description of certain oxen in a chattel mortgage, which had been duly filed, as against one claiming to be a subsequent bona fide purchaser.
The description was: "all the cattle, consisting of two yoke, aged six and seven years, color, red, white and blue * * and all other property now in our possession in or about said village," etc.
This clearly must be held a good description within the rule laid down in Farwell et al. v. Fox, 18 Mich., 169; Willey v. Snyder, 34 Mich., 60. It was not necessary that the full description as given should apply to each ox.
The judgment must be reversed with costs and a ;new trial ordered.
The other Justices concurred.