31 Cal. App. 2d 509 - Pace v. Threewit’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

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1. “A statement as to the location of the chattels mortgaged is one of the most important elements in the description. Other details without this element often amount to little or nothing, whereas its presence with other slight details often makes easy the ascertainment of the property meant to be designated and may make sufficient a description which otherwise would be insufficient. There should be a designation of the property conveyed and of the place where it may be found. A description is of course, insufficient where there is no location indicated and nothing else to identify the property.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bumb v. McIntyre

2. “To be sufficient against a third person, the description of the mortgaged property must be definite enough to enable him, aided by inquiries which the instrument itself suggests, to identify the property. A description which may be amply sufficient as between the immediate parties to a mortgage will, in many cases, not be sufficient as against creditors of, or purchasers from, the mortgagor. 13”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bumb v. McIntyre