Chaves

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This appeal arises from a cross-complaint filed by Chaves regarding a sub-dispute between Chaves and MLCC, in the context of a larger lawsuit involving the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and multiple other parties. The parties to the present appeal have not addressed or explained the larger context of the instant matter, and the details of the broader lawsuit are not fully reflected in the limited record on appeal provided here. Accordingly, we will not further address the larger lawsuit connected to the instant matter. The instant dispute arose from Chaves’s sale of 400 dairy cattle to Hodges on January 22, 2016, pursuant to a sales agreement, a purchase money secured promissory note, and a purchase money security agreement, all executed on the same date (i.e., January 22, 2016).3 The sales price for the cattle was $740,000, extended as a secured loan from Chaves to Hodges, and the purchase money secured promissory note specified that Hodges would pay Chaves $22,955.55 monthly, starting on March 5, 2016. Chaves

Silva was a friend of Chaves’s and veteran of the dairy industry. Gremp’s position with MLCC is not…