Southwest FS, Inc. v. Fisher

SACKETT, Judge.

This appeal involves a dispute between Plaintiff Southwest FS, Inc., a farm products supplier, and Defendant Stanley Fisher, a landlord, concerning entitlement to a check issued by the Pillsbury Company as payment for beans sold. Fisher appeals from a declaratory judgment that Southwest’s security interest in a farm crop was superior to the interest acquired by Fisher under an agreement with a tenant. Fisher asserts his interest was not inferior due to his failure to timely perfect a landlord’s lien in the manner provided by Iowa Code Chapter 570 (1985). We agree.

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