We concur in the view taken by His Honor. While it cannot be expected that a mortgage should set forth a description of the property conveyed with such certainty that it may be identified by the terms of the instrument alone, and without the aid of evidence aliunde to fit the description to the thing, still it is necessary that it should furnish some description of the property accompanied with such certainty as will enable third parties, aided by inquiries which the deed itself suggests, to identify it.
*457This latter has been held sufficient, under the maxim id cerium, est quod cerium redd! potest, and from necessity — it being many times impossible to set out such a description of the thing conveyed, as would in itself be absolutely certain and complete. But a less degree of certainty will not suffice, and especially under our registry laws, the fundamental policy of which is to give such notice to third parties as will enable them to deal securely with reference to the property conveyed in mortgage.
The property in question is in no manner described in the mortgage under which the plaintiff claims, nor is there any suggestion therein of evidence, which would enable a party purchasing, to know that it was intended to be conveyed thereby — the only particular mentioned, to wit, the point of delivery, being untruly stated, and so calculated to mislead rather than to enlighten any one.
To sustain such an instrument as a mortgage would be to enable the parties to commit gross frauds and tend to discourage trade, and would wholly defeat the policy of the law, which intends that the mortgage as registered should convey to every one notice of the property covered by it, and the terms upon which it is held.
No error. Affirmed.