Piedmont Agricultural Credit Corp. v. Northeastern Banking Co.

The Piedmont Agricultural Credit Corporation brought a trover action against the Northeastern Banking Company to recover 12 bales of cotton. The trial resulted in a verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff excepts. The evidence shows that on March' 24, 1930, E. 0. Fitzpatrick executed and delivered to the plaintiff a bill of sale conveying all crops grown or to be grown by him within 12 months from the date of the contract, for the purpose of securing a promissory note in the sum of $2500, representing an advance of money to plant, cultivate, make, and harvest the crop. This bill of sale…