Schroyer v. Ruffhead

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

Plaintiff sued defendant for breach of an alleged contract to pay a third party’s debt out of the proceeds of a wheat crop turned over to defendant for that and other purposes.

The salient facts were these: During the years 1921 to 1924, inclusive, one G. A. Gordon was the tenant of a large farm owned by defendant Ruffhead. Early in 1921 Gordon was indebted to the International Harvester Company as evidenced by two notes for $1,295.65 and $113.72, due August 1, 1921, bearing 10 per cent interest, secured by a chattel mortgage on fifty acres…