This section is from the book "Facts Worth Knowing", by Robert Kemp Philip. Also available from Amazon: Inquire Within for Anything You Want to Know.
A Chattel Mortgage, as it is technically called, must be filed in the town or city of the mortgager - (in this city at the register's). It must be accompanied by an immediate delivery of the property, and followed by an actual and continued change of possession, otherwise it is void as against creditors of the mortgagers, subsequent lien-holders, or purchasers in good faith. Every contract for the leasing for a longer period than for one year is void unless the contract, or some note or memorandum thereof, expressing the consideration, bo in writing, and be subscribed by the party who makes the lease, or by the agent of such party lawfully authorized,
 
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