Lightle v. Castleman

• Decision Date: 30 November 1889
• Citation: 12 S.W. 564
• Parties: LIGHTLE <I>v.</I> CASTLEMAN.
• Court: Arkansas Supreme Court

12 S.W. 564

LIGHTLE

v. CASTLEMAN.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 30, 1889.

Appeal from circuit court, Hempstead county; C. E. MITCHELL, Judge.

Replevin by John E. Lightle against Andrew Castleman, brought before a justice of the peace, who rendered judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appealed to the circuit court. Plaintiff claimed a mule under a trust-deed, which described the mule as "one black mare mule, six years old," and recited that all of the property described in it was in the mortgagor's possession, in White county, Ark. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

J. W. House, for appellant. R. B. Williams, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

A mortgage which describes the property as "one black mare mule, six years old, in the mortgagor's possession, a White county, Ark.," states facts by the aid of which third persons could identify the mortgaged property, and is a good description. Johnson v. Grissard, 51 Ark. ___, 11 S. W. Rep. 585; Jones, Chat. Mortg. §§ 54, 54a. Reverse the judgment, and remand the cause.