Allen v. State

The evidence in this case discloses that this appellant, defendant below, and his wife, gave a mortgage to the Administrator of the Resettlement Administration, a Federal Agency, for money loaned. The mortgage covered certain personal property, and also all crops of every description, etc., raised by mortgagors during the year of 1936.

The State, by indictment, charged appellant with the violation of Section 5004 of the Code 1923, which makes it an offense for any person to sell or convey any personal property upon which he has given a written mortgage, lien or deed of trust, and which is then…