Norman v. S. L. Joseph Mercantile Co.

One W. C. Rasberry executed to appellant a mortgage in which the property mortgaged was described as “six acres of cotton grown on the John Moore lease.” Rasberry and one John Moore owned an undivided one-half interest on cotton that was grown on twelve acres of land designated as the “John Moore lease.” The S. L. Joseph Mercantile Company, a corporation, and Bertig Bros., a partnership, purchased of Rasberry cotton owned by Rasberry that was grown on the John Moore lease. They purchased the cotton after the appellant had told them that he had a mortgage on Rasberry’s cotton. The appellant…