National Life Insurance v. Baker

The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for an alleged conversion of wheat sold by the defendant sheriff upon the foreclosure of a chattel mortgage executed by R. N. Ricker to the defendants Albert Hall and Anna Hall on July 18, 1927. Ricker purported to mortgage to the Halls, to secure the payment of a promissory note for $320, payable October 15, 1928, all the crops to be grown during the year 1928 on 80 acres of land described by legal subdivisions; this land was a part of the Ricker farm of 800 acres, all of which was mortgaged to the plaintiff. By decree rendered August 13,…