Forbush v. San Diego Fruit & Produce Co.

Plaintiff was the owner of the land on which the potatoes hereafter referred to were raised but had leased it to one Haderlie. In 1921 Haderlie subleased it to two Japanese, J. Oyama and Y. Nakio, taking a crop mortgage covering the 1921 and 1922 crops to secure two notes given by the lessees for $2,000 each, the amount of the annual rental.

In May, 1922, a mortgage covering certain specified crops on this same land was given to the Idaho Agricultural Loan Company to secure a note for $200. This was signed by J. Oyama and Ko Oyama, his wife.

Both of these mortgages were assigned in due course…