West v. E. V. Cook Mercantile Co.

B. F. West owned a farm of 550 acres in Pope County, which he rented to J. A. Savage for the year 1920 for $5,500. Savage subrented 140 acres of the land to J. M. May for $1,400. To obtain supplies and assistance to make a crop, May gave a mortgage on his crop and certain livestock and other personal property which he owned, to the E. V. Cook Mercantile Co. Advances secured by this mortgage, amounting, with interest, to $289, were made to May. Savage subrented 172 acres of the land to T. J. Hankins for $1,700. Han-kins cultivated the land and made a crop, but after doing so sold his interest…