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· 1/15/1850

Givens v. Easley

Citations

  • 17 Ala. 385

Syllabus

<p>1, The lien of a landlord for retífc extends to the entire crop raised on the rented premises, whether by the tenant or one let in under him.</p> <p>2. The mere fact that the sheriff, after levying on a sufficiency of the crop of the tenant to satisfy the rent, suffers him to retain and dispose of it, . does not render him liable in trover to the under-tenant for a subsequent seizure and sale of the crop, which he may have raised on the rented premises.</p>

Judges: Chilton, Dargan

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