Hargrove v. A. B. Cornett Estate

POPE, Justice.

This appeal concerns the priority of liens o.n a cotton crop. In 1949, the Cornett Estate, herein ;called .landlord, rented 1,300 acres of farm lands to Don Mitchell, herein called tenant. Tenant agreed to pay $19,-209.60 rental, one-half in cash and the balance out of cotton sales. The written lease was for one year and gave the landlord a “landlord’s lien and a chattel mortgage lien” on one-fourth of ⅝11 crops. The contract was recorded and still is. In 1950, the lease, was extended by written contract for one year. In 1951, it was agaiti extended. The extension, agreements…