Supreme Court of Arkansas, 1889

Henderson v. Gates

Henderson v. Gates
Supreme Court of Arkansas · Decided November 15, 1889
52 Ark. 371

Henderson v. Gates

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Mortgage.

The mortgage offered in evidence sufficiently described the subject mortgaged (Johnson v. Grisard, 51 Ark., 410) and the parties named as mortgagees. Perciful v. Platt, 36 Ark., 456; Kellogg v. Olsen, 34 Minn., 103; Morse v. Carpenter, 19 Vt., 613; Sherry v. Gilmore, 58 Wisc., 332—3; Chicago Lumber Co. v. Ashworth, 26 Kan., 212; Newton v. McKay, 29 Mich., 1; Beaman v. Whitney, 20 Me., 413; Hoffman v. Porter, 2 Brock, 156; Murray v. Blackledge, 71 N. C., 492.

The court erred in refusing to admit the mortgage in evidence.

Reverse and remand for a new trial.

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