White v. Idelson

1. A landlord’s lien for rent, whether the special lien upon the crops grown on the rented premises which is created by statute (Civil Code of 1910, § 3340), or the general lien which arises upon the levy of a distress warrant, is not a lien created by judgment or one “obtained through legal proceedings,” and is therefore not, under the bankruptcy *613act of 1898 (30 Stat. 565, § 67-f), discharged by the filing of a petition for the tenant’s discharge in bankruptcy, although within four months of the creation of the lien. Henderson v. Mayer, 225 U. S. 631 (32 Sup. Ct. 699, 56 L. ed. 1233); In re…