First National Bank v. Maxey

James H. Maxey and Mary A. Maxey, Ms wife, hereinafter called plaintiffs, were the owners of certain lands in Ynma county, upon which the First National Bank of Yuma, hereinafter called the defendant, held a mortgage. On February 10th, 1927, and long after the execution of the mortgage, plaintiffs leased the land to one Johnson for a period of twelve months, ending December 31st, 1927, the rental price being fifty per cent of the crops raised thereon, after certain deductions were made. Johnson had farmed the land in the previous year and was still in possession thereof at the time the lease…