PERKINS v. FARMERS TRUST AND SAV. BANK

No. 87-459.

421 N.W.2d 533 (1988)

Virgil E. PERKINS and Estelle M. Perkins, Appellees, v. FARMERS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, Appellant. FARMERS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, Appellant, v. Virgil E. PERKINS and Estelle M. Perkins, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 13, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher A. Bjornstad of Cornwall, Avery, Bjornstad & Scott, Spencer, for appellant.

Robert W. Sackett of Sackett, Sackett & Howe, P.C., Spencer, for appellees.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, CARTER, LAVORATO, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

Two liens compete for the same crop. A bank holds a security interest and farm landlords hold a statutory lien for unpaid cash rent. This dispute concerns which of the liens has priority. The trial court held for the landlords. We affirm.

Virgil and Estelle Perkins [the landlords] own farmland which in 1979 they leased to their son and daughter-in-law [the tenants]. The lease became effective March 1, 1980. The landlords were to receive $12...

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