WPCN # VU:a % 0(b w@4 ) 8 0J@ 0T 0^ 0h< 0r 0| 0 0 1u U, 0dI U, U* B)DC, AMo  Bv~vc D36 0@i AO 0D D/ B1HP LaserJet 4Si/4SiMX PS 600dpiPSCRIPT0 ,rAZ"Arial RegularX($- - UDDDӀGav D8D\d@3|x2 0Indent123  2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  2J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23   ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)<  9p`(ModernP 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X<  9p`(Monaco<  9p`(Arial% Line 7 d!!!!7Border 1dd-"C << G  !  #d#       YYY FILED XMay22,1996CecilW.CrowsonAppellateCourtClerk   dPtPtHH(FG(HH(d'@Styl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Monaco   BA Op Monaco  BA Op Monaco %%%%'dxd("$    -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd ! . &Xd&#Xd#       \RA'\ћ7'XXdd7    WAYNEWRAY,    )      ) Plaintiff/Appellant,   )      ) AppealNo.      ) 01A019509PB00392̜VS.      )      ) LawrenceProbateٜL#$";+'h|]`  `Lߛ      ) No.9820ESTATEOFJAMESFRANKLIN  )WRAY,LEIGHANNWRAY,  )ADMINISTRATRIX,   )      ) Defendant/Appellee.  )@ COURTOFAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE@ MIDDLESECTIONATNASHVILLEAPPEALEDFROMTHEPROBATECOURTOFLAWRENCECOUNTYATLAWRENCEBURG,TENNESSEETHEHONORABLELEEA.ENGLAND,JUDGERANDYHILLHOUSE̜FREEMONANDHILLHOUSE327W.GainesStreetP.O.Box787̜Lawrenceburg,Tennessee38464 AttorneyforPlaintiff/AppellantBENBOSTONCHRISTOPHERV.SOCKWELLBOSTON,BATES&HOLT235WaterlooStreetP.O.Box357̜Lawrenceburg,Tennessee38464 AttorneysforDefendant/Appellee@ REVERSEDANDREMANDED       BENH.CANTRELL,JUDGECONCUR:LEWIS,J.KOCH,J.  @  OPINION  X  Theissueinthiscaseiswhetherthedocumentssignedwhentheappellantloanedhissonthemoneytobuyanautomobilegavetheappellantanenforceablesecurityinterestinthecar.Thetrialjudgeheldthattheappellantdidnothaveasecurityinterest.Wereverse.@ I.   InJanuaryof1992theappellant,WayneWray,attendedanautomobileauctionwithhisson,JamesFranklinWray.WayneWrayfurnishedthemoney,andhissonboughta1986ChevroletCamaro.Thebillofsale,onaprintedformandsignedbyJamesWray,includedahandwrittennoteasfollows:(WayneWrayfirstlienholder$4500payableondemand)(nointerest).Theapplicationforacertificateoftitle,alsosignedbyJamesWray,indicatedthatWayneWraywasthefirstlienholder.ThecertificateoftitleissuedbythestateofAlabamadesignatedWayneWrayastheholderofafirstlien.Allthreedocumentsincludedadescriptionofthecar.  JamesWraydiedintestatein1993.WayneWrayfiledaclaimagainsthissonsestateandsoughttorepossessthecar,claimingaperfectedsecurityinterestinit.Theprobatejudgealloweda$4500claimbutdeniedpossessiontoMr.Wray.ThecourtsfinaljudgmentcontainsaconclusionthatthedocumentssignedbythedeceaseddonotgiveMr.WrayasecurityinterestintheCamaro.̛̜@ II.   AsecurityinterestisdefinedinTenn.CodeAnn.471201(37)as aninterestinpersonalpropertyorfixtureswhichsecurespaymentorperformanceofanobligation.Inordertocreateasecurityinterestinpropertythatisnotinthepossessionofthesecuredparty,Tenn.CodeAnn.479203(1)(a)requiresthatthedebtorsigna securityagreementcontainingadescriptionofthecollateral.A securityagreementisdefinedinTenn.CodeAnn.479105(1)(l)as anagreementwhichcreatesorprovidesforasecurityinterest.  NoneofthedocumentssignedbyJamesWrayisaformalsecurityagreement.ButtheCodedoesnotrequiresuchformality.Otherlessformaldocuments,standingaloneorinvariouscombinations,havebeenheldtosatisfytherequirementsof479203.SeeJamesJ.WhiteandRobertS.SummersUniformCommercialCode233.Anotetogetherwithafinancingstatementsuccessfullycreatedasecurityinterestingrowingcrops.Evansv.Everett,279N.C.352,183S.E.2d109(1971).Afinancingstatementalonemaysufficeifitcontainsadescriptionofthecollateralandissignedbythedebtor.CookevilleProductionCreditAssociationv.Frazier,16Bankr.674(M.D.Tenn.1981).And,inacasesimilartothisone,theIllinoisCourtofAppealsheldthatanapplicationforacertificateoftitle,signedbythedebtorandcontainingadescriptionofthecollateral,createdasecurityinterestinthehousetrailerdescribedintheapplication.Petersonv.Ziegler,350N.E.2d356,39Ill.App.3d379(1976).  InthiscaseJamesWraysignedtheapplicationforthecertificateoftitleandthebillofsale,eachcontainingadescriptionofthecar.Eitherdocumentstandingalonemightsufficetocreateasecurityinterest,butwethinkthattogethertheyshowanunequivocalintenttogiveWayneWrayasecurityinterestinthe1986Camaro.Thesecurityinterestwasdulyperfectedbynotingitonthetitle.SeeAssociatesCapitalCorp.V.CookevilleP.C.A.,569S.W.2d474(Tenn.App.1978);Tenn.CodeAnn.553137.̛  ThejudgmentofthecourtbelowisreversedandthecauseisremandedtotheProbateCourtofLawrenceCountyforfurtherproceedingsinaccordancewiththisopinion.Taxthecostsonappealtotheappellee.Ӝ̛      _______________________________      BENH.CANTRELL,JUDGECONCUR:______________________________SAMUELL.LEWIS,JUDGE______________________________WILLIAMC.KOCH,JR.,JUDGE  ќ