Morrison v. Montgomery

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

W. H. Morrison brought this action to recover from Frank U. Montgomery one-half of a crop of wheat grown by Ernest Blazier on farms which he had rented of F. W. Sweeney. On September 22, 1913, Blazier executed a chattel mortgage to Morrison purporting to cover his share of the growing crop, as security for an indebtedness of about $700. In July, 1914, after the crop had been threshed, Blazier sold his share of the same to Montgomery. By the terms of the mortgage the lien was extended over two tracts, one of fifty acres and one of one…