Hadden's Executors v. Powell

Citations

• 17 Ala. 314

Syllabus

<p>1. The declarations of a party in possession are admissible to explain th® nature of his possession — as that he holds under a claim, of his own, or under that of another — but they are not admissible to show that he had) previously sold the property to s third person.</p> <p>2. The lien and remedy by attachment given by the statute to landlord» depend on the existence of the relation of landlord and tenant, and consequently cannot attach upon a crop whieh the occupant of the land ha» sold before, but whieh íb not removed from the premises until after the creation of the tenancy.</p>