Irvine v. California Cotton Credit Corp.

McCOMB, J., pro tem.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment in his favor after a trial before the court without a jury, claiming that the amount of the award should be increased.

The material and undisputed facts are these:

Plaintiff leased certain acreage to be used for raising cotton. The lease provided that plaintiff was to receive 25 per cent of the crop as rental for the leased land. Plaintiff executed a subordination instrument whereby the lessee mortgaged all the crop to defendant, California Cotton Credit Corporation. The subordination agreement expressly limited the amount to which plaintiff…