Bottrell v. Farmers' Bank & Trust Co.

This suit was begun by appellant, plaintiff below, alleging that one S. B. Sweeney was a tenant on the land belonging to him, and raised a crop for the season of .1920, under a contract by which Sweeney was to pay the plaintiff $9,487 for the rent.

Plaintiff alleged that the tenant, Sweeney, harvested. the crop and paid $13,000 of the proceeds thereof to the defendant, Farmers’ Bank & Trust Company, for the satisfaction of a certain mortgage executed by Sweeney to the bank. It is also alleged that the defendant received said money, knowing that Sweeney was the tenant of said plaintiff and that…