Legal Opinion

Soluble Pacific Guano Co. v. Harris

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 21, 1886Published

Landlord and Tenant. Debtor and Creditor. Liens. Payment. Before Judge Simmons. Meriwether Superior Court. August Term, 1885. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Hall, Justice.

One Spraggins rented land from Henry R. Harris and also became indebted to him as his landlord for supplies furnished to enable him to make his crop. The rent was reserved to be paid in cotton. After the crop grown on the land rented had matured and the landlord’s special lien had attached, and before the rent or any part of the bill for the supplies furnished had been paid, the tenant carried four bales of the cotton to Senoia and sold them to the agent of the Pacific Guano Company, who had furnished him with fertilizers which were used on the rented land. The landlord alleged,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Saulsbury, Respess & Co. v. McKellarSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877

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