Peets & Norman Co. v. Baker
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe circuit court of Copiah county. Hon. Wiley H. Potter, Judge. Baker, appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; Peets & Norman Company, appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. It was fatal error to refuse instructions 1, 2 and. 3 asked b'y the appellant and refused by tbe court below.
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From tbe circuit court of Copiah county. Hon. Wiley H. Potter, Judge. Baker, appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; Peets & Norman Company, appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. It was fatal error to refuse instructions 1, 2 and. 3 asked b'y the appellant and refused by tbe court below. These instructions told the jury that the lien of the landlord on agricultural products did not follow those products out of the state; and if they were sold out of the state the…
1Opinion of the CourtMates, J.
This is a suit by Baker against Peets & Norman Company to recover the alleged value of 300 crates of tomatoes claimed to have been bought by Peets & Norman Company from one Packer. The claim of Baker grows out of a rental contract which he had with Packer for the lease of certain agricultural lands during the year 1907. The right attempted to be asserted against Peets & Norman Company is based on Code 1906, § 2832, whereunder is given to the landlord a lien on all the agricultural products grown on the leased premises, •etc.
All of the witnesses in this case testify with great candor and…
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