Boyce v. Day

Mrs. Boyce claimed a landlord’s lien under the provisions of the Civil Code, §2800. “Landlords furnishing supplies, money, horses, mules, asses, oxen, farming utensils of necessity, to make crops, shall have the right to secure themselves from the crops of the year in which such things are done or furnished, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the parties.” Her claim of lien was based upon the fact that one William Boyce, colored, was her tenant, and that she had furnished him a horse to make the crop of 1906. She made an affidavit to foreclose her landlord’s lien, in accordance with the…