Buchmann v. Callahan

Appellee sued appellants in trover for conversion of certain crops grown by one McCoy in the year 1924. The cause was tried before the court without a jury, resulting in a judgment for the plaintiff, from which defendants prosecute this appeal.

McCoy was the owner of the land on which the crops were grown and in possession when !he executed to plaintiff in March, 1924, a mortgage on the crops for that year. He had, however, some years previously, on January 15, 1920, executed a mortgage to defendant Martin on the land» to secure a note due January 15, 1921, which mortgage was duly recorded on…