Hawkins v. Smith

Stars:, J.

A landlord’s lien for supplies arises by virtue of the statute when the, supplies are furnished (Cochran v. Waits, 127 Ga. 93 (56 S. E. 241); Civil Code (1910), §§ 3340, 3341, 3348, par. 1), but such lien cannot be assorted against the tenant’s crop except-by foreclosure. Lathem v. Stringer, 145 Ga. 224 (88 S. E. 941); Duncan v. Clark, 96 Ga. 263 (22 S. E. 927). In the instant case the landlord had not foreclosed his lien when the tenant’s crops were sold, and therefore his lien was not in a position to be asserted, in the absence of sufficient equitable reasons.. Realizing that he…