Gurley v. Henderson Nat. Bank
Alabama Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.
The landlord’s statutory lien on the tenant’s crop continues until the crop passes into the possession of a purchaser without notice. A count in a complaint which fails to allege notice on the part of the purchaser of such crops is demurrable. Lomax v. Le Grand, 60 Ala. 537; Wilson v. Stewart, 69 Ala. 302. The demurrer to the first count of the complaint was properly sustained.
The defendant was denying notice or facts from -which notice could be implied. All the circumstances surrounding the transaction were being inquired into. The good faith of the purchase was being assailed. It was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lomax v. LeGrand & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1877
- Foxworth v. Brown Bros.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1897
- Wilson v. StewartSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
- Hawkins v. Damson & AbrahamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913