Staggers v. Washington
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lowndes. Tried before the Hon. James Q. Smith:. This action was brought by Martba E. Staggers, against Asa Washington, and was commenced by attachment, sued out before a justice of tbe peace, on tbe 30th October, 1876. The affidavit for the attachment was in these words; “Before me, James G. Kelly, personally appeared Martha E. Staggers, who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saitb, that Asa Washington is indebted to tbe [said] M. E. Staggers in…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lowndes. Tried before the Hon. James Q. Smith:. This action was brought by Martba E. Staggers, against Asa Washington, and was commenced by attachment, sued out before a justice of tbe peace, on tbe 30th October, 1876. The affidavit for the attachment was in these words; “Before me, James G. Kelly, personally appeared Martha E. Staggers, who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saitb, that Asa Washington is indebted to tbe [said] M. E. Staggers in the sum of forty-two and 15-100 dollars, after allowing all just set-offs and discounts, said indebtedness being for…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The present suit was commenced by attachment, under the act approved March 8, 1871, “ to amend section 2961 of the Revised Code.” — Pamph. Acts, 19. That statute enacts, that “ a landlord has a lien on the crop grown on rented lands, superior to all other liens, for rent on, and advances made to assist or aid in the cultivation of said land for the current year, and is entitled to process of attachment for the recovery of the same, * * * first, when the tenant is about to remove the crop from the premises, without paying the rent and advances; second, when he has removed it, or any portion…
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