Blackshear v. Collins

M. H. Blackshear sued out a distress warrant against M. I. Collins, the husband of the claimant, for the rent of certain lands. The sheriff levied on certain corn found on premises jointly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Collins. Mrs. Collins filed a claim to the corn; and after the introduction of evidence for both sides the court directed a verdict in favor of the claimant. Exceptions to that ruling were taken. Undisputed evidence and inferences therefrom disclose that the property levied on was grown on land belonging solely to the claimant, and operated by her and her two sons solely for…