First National Bank v. Young

The plaintiff, hereinafter called First National, on July 10, 1931, sued defendant Young to establish and foreclose an equitable lien upon his crops. The suit was upon a written agreement, made on March 26, 1931, by Young, before the crops were planted, that he would give a chattel mortgage on his 1931 crops, as soon as planted and growing, to secure his note of the same date. Young had refused a demand for the mortgage. The summons was issued the day suit was filed and Young was served the next day. The record does not show that Young *600ever answered or otherwise pleaded either to the petition…