Willis v. Moore
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Falls. Tried -below before the Hon. B. W. Bimes. J. A. Gill and Lewis Moore were farming in partnership, or together, on Moore’s plantation, under a contract to divide equally the net proceeds of the crop.
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Appeal from Falls. Tried -below before the Hon. B. W. Bimes. J. A. Gill and Lewis Moore were farming in partnership, or together, on Moore’s plantation, under a contract to divide equally the net proceeds of the crop. Before their contract, Moore had mortgaged his plantation, and when Gill had on the place, ungathered, a crop of 1881, the land was sold under this mortgage.; and the plaintiff Willis bought, and he and J. A. Gill made a contract to divide the proceeds of the crop according to the contract with Moore. Before the fund was paid over to Willis, A. J. Gill claimed it under a…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.—
The deed in trust made by Lewis. Moore to secure the notes executed by him to Reed & Smith, having been duly recorded, it must be held that A. J. Gill bought the interest of Lewis Moore in the crop upon the land on the 1st of August, 1881, with notice of whatever right the appellant, by virtue of the transfer of the notes, which carried with them as an incident the security evidenced by the trust deed, had in the crops then standing ungathered upon the land.
There might be some difficulty in determining the true relation which existed between Lewis Moore and J. A.…
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