Heard v. Adams

1. A rule to distribute money in the hands of an officer proceeds upon equitable principles, effect being given, so far as may be warranted by the pleadings and the evidence, to the rights of all the claimants to the fund. Civil Code, § 5348.

2. The lien of mortgages on crops, given to secure the payment of debts “for money, supplies, and other articles of necessity, including live stock, to aid in making and gathering such crops, shall be superior to judgments of older date than such mortgages.” Civil Code, § 3349.(a) Such a mortgage “given to secure the purchase-price of supplies furnished…