Etheredge v. Hester

HARWOOD, Judge.

This is a suit based on the destruction of a landlord’s lien created by Section 15, Title 31, Code of Alabama, 1940. Plaintiff and defendants in the court below occupy the same relative positions in this appeal, and for convenience will be referred to in this opinion as plaintiff and defendants. Plaintiff alleges that defendants purchased cotton seed of his tenant, George Green, on which plaintiff claimed a lien for both rents and advances, with knowledge of plaintiff’s lien.

Plaintiff introduced as witnesses Mr. Grover Hester, manager of defendants’ gin, Mr. George Green, the…