Otto Seidenberg, Inc. v. Tautfest

The plaintiff corporation, engaged in the business of buying hops, commenced this suit to foreclose liens on two hop crops produced by the defendant Tautfest. The liens accrued by reason of advances made by plaintiff to the grower for the purpose of cultivating and harvesting the hops contracted to be delivered.

On June 13, 1932, the plaintiff and said defendant entered into a contract by the terms of which the defendant agreed to sell to the plaintiff 60,000 pounds of hops to be grown on certain described land, in each of the years from 1933 to 1937, inclusive. The contract stipuláted the…