Chapman v. McLemore

Citations

• 68 Tex. 654
• 5 S.W. 682
• 1887 Tex. LEXIS 745

Syllabus

<p>1. Landlord’s Lien—Estoppel.—Whether the produce to which the landlord’s lien attaches is sold under order of court to enforce that lien, or by the landlord or tenant, the rights of á subsequent lien holder attach only to what shall remain after the landlord’s lien is satisfied. If the junior lien holder, by his declarations of a purpose not to look to his lien to enforce payment of his debt, induces the landlord and tenant to disregard his lien in the sale of the crop, he is thereby estopped from setting up claim that the landlord or tenant having possession shall appropriate any part of the proceeds to the payment of his debt.</p>