What is the test for a description of a property in a mortgage?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Robillard v. Renwick and McCullough, 1926 CanLII 162 (SK CA):
In McCall v. Wolff (1885) 1885 CanLII 55 (SCC), 13 S.C.R. 130, at p. 133, in discussing the sufficiency of the description of certain chattels in a chattel mortgage, under the Manitoba Act requiring the same description as ours, Sir W. J. Ritchie, C.J., said: This need not be such a description as that with the deed in hand without other enquiry the property could be identified, but there must, in my opinion, be such material on the face of the mortgage as would indicate how the property may be identified if proper inquiries are instituted.
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