Hayashi v. Pacific Fruit Exchange

Plaintiff brought the action to compel defendant to satisfy and discharge of record a certain crop mortgage given by plaintiff to secure the payment of a loan of two hundred dollars made to him by the defendant and for one hundred dollars damages as provided in section 2941 of the Civil Code. Judgment was in favor of plaintiff as prayed, from which judgment defendant prosecutes this appeal.

The principal question to be determined is as to what construction should be given the crop mortgage, plaintiff’s claim being that it was given merely as security for the repayment of the two hundred…