Welsh v. Shields

■ Simon, J.

This case, is in some respect the sequel of that of Welsh v. Shields et al., 6 Rob. 484, in which the plaintiff, having sued for the recovery of his wages as overseer on Shields’ plantation, in the year 1841, was allowed, under the article 3184, § 1, of the Civil Code, to exercise and enforce his lien or privilege on his employer’s crop of 1842, then in the possession of his co-*528defendant Barrow, by whom the plantation had been purchased. The plaintiff’s claim, was then limited to the amount due him for 1841, although, in consequence of the sale of the place by Shields to Barrow, he…