Supreme Court of Dakota, 1888

Bouton v. Haggart

Supreme Court of Dakota · Decided February 15, 1888

6 Dakota 32

Counsel

H. F. Miller, for appellant., D. H. Twomey, for respondent.

Opinion of the Court

By the Court :

The judgment in this case is reversed on the ground that the mortgage of Redmon & Fish upon crop to be grown was an agreement to mortgage, and not a mortgage ; and the court erred in holding that it could be assumed and given effect to as a mortgage by a third party by parol.

All the justices concur.

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