Legal Opinion

Finney v. Harding

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided March 30, 1891PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Douglas county; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judged presiding.

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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Douglas county; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judged presiding. The following statement of facts, taken from the opinion of the Appellate Court, will he sufficient to present the single point arising on this record: “Appellee, a resident of Chicago, made a lease, in writing, to Matthias Klien, of a quarter-section of land in Douglas county, for one year, from March 1, 1886, at a cash rent of $480, payable on or before the first day of January next following, and providing, among other…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shone

The single point for decision is stated by counsel for the appellant to be, “whether a bona fide purchaser, without notice, of crops grown on rented premises, for a valuable consideration, is protected in law;” and as stated by counsel for theappellee, “does the statutory lien of the landlord on the crops hold against the purchaser of the crop from the tenant who purchases within the six months named by the statute, but whose purchase, however, is in good faith, for value, without actual notice of the existence of the facts contemplated by the provisions of the statute” creating the lien. By…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Barney v. KeokukSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Scaife & Co. v. StovallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1880
  3. Watt v. ScofieldIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  4. Frink v. PrattIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  5. Richardson Bros. v. PetersenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Scottsdale Ginning Co. v. LonganArizona Supreme Court · 1922
  2. Lawrence v. Elmwood Elevator Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1929
  3. McGlasson v. HennessyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1911
  4. Carter v. AndrewsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895
  5. Wright v. WilsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1913

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