W. B. Smith & Sons v. Gay

One Brooks, in January, 1919, executed a mortgage to plaintiff on his crops grown during the year 1919 and each successive year thereafter until the indebtedness secured thereby was paid. Brooks being the owner of the land upon which the crops were grown, such mortgage conveyed the title to the crops for 1919, and created a lien on the crops grown on the land for subsequent years. Truss v. Harvey, 120 Ala. 636, 24 So. 927. Since the adoption of the Code of 1923, § 9008, a different rule obtains, but the present statute does not affect conveyances executed before August 17, 1924.

Under the…