Hopper v. Howard
Hopper v. Howard
Concurring Opinion
(specially concurring). I concur in the above opinion, but on the sole ground that there is no proof that the bank had any notice or knowledge of the claim or lien of the plaintiff at the time the chattel mortgage was given to it by Ambrosius. I am satisfied that the contract gave to the plaintiff such a claim or lien.
Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff brings this action to^ recover 300 bushels of timothy seed. The bank claims the seed under a chattel mortgage duly made to it by W. H. Ambrosius. The court found in favor of the bank, and plaintiff appeals. The claim of plaintiff is based on a contract with Ambrosius for the farming of section 29, 144 — 51 during the years 1916, ’17, and J18. The contract is in ordinary legible printing and typewriting, excepting a large paragraph, which is in microscopic print. The lessee agrees in a proper manner to farm the land and to furnish all necessary seed for one half of all the grains, wheat, barley,’ oat's, or winter rye secured upon the farm during said years. He agrees to pay a cash rental of $2.50 an acre for the meadow land and $1.25 per acre for the pasture land on the 1st day of December in each year. The paragraph in small print, which was probably never read, contains numerous covenants on the part of the lessee, among which are that, until settlement and division of the crops, the title and possession of all hay, grain, crops, produce, stock increase, income, and products raised and grown and produced on said premises shall be and remain in the owner of the land, who may take and hold the crops, stock increase, income, and produce that would, on a division of the same, belong to the owner of the land. Now, on a division of the crops, no part of the timothy seed would belong to the owner of the land. The lessee agreed to pay $2.50 an acre for the meadow land, and it is manifest there was to be no division of the crops which grew on that land. And that is made more certain by the agreement in typewriting
Reference
- Full Case Name
- REBECCA HOPPER v. GUNDER HOWARD and the Hillsboro National Bank, a Corporation
- Status
- Published