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Limitations Of Personal Property, Manley O. Hudson
Limitations Of Personal Property, Manley O. Hudson
University of Missouri Bulletin Law Series
Since chattels personal were never subjects of feudal tenure,' the creation of legal interests in them is not restricted by the artificial rules which apply in the creation of legal interests in realty. Though it may be proper to speak of the seisin of chattels, there has never been a principle that such seisin cannot be put in abeyance. Land can only be held of some one, but chattels may be owned absolutely. Strictly speaking, estates in chattels are therefore impossible, for estate connotes qualified ownership. Any disposition of a chattel, unless it be by way of pledge or bailment, …