Snerly v. Stacey

Kirby, J.,

(after stating the facts). The only question for determination is whether the mortgage given on the crop 'by Bullock to appellant, Snerly, constituted a valid and subsisting lien on the rice crop grown on the lands by Beard, a tenant, under Ms lease from Stacey and Mabry, the owners of the land.

It is undisputed that no rice crop had been planted on the lands by Bullock, who, in 1924, mortgaged one-third of the rice crop for 1925 to Snerly, at the time of his conveyance of the lands to Stacey and Mabry on the 20th day of April, 1925; that the crop of rice was planted and produced by…