Dunlap v. Thiele

J. C. ‘Dunlap owned a farm in Moody county which he leased to one Thiele during the farming seasons of 1928 to 1931, inclusive. The lease was made in the fall of 1927 for an annual cash rental of $640, and J. C. Dunlap took and immediately filed a chattel mortgage on the entire 1928 crop of small grain and corn to secure the payment of said rental. After the termination of Thiele’s tenancy and in 1932, J. C. Dunlap claimed that there was an unpaid 'balance of about $450 on the cash rent due for the season of 1928, and that he had discovered that Thiele, regardless of the mortgage, had sold to…