Stallings v. Harrold, Johnson & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Claim. Factor’s lien. Judgments. Before Judge Crisp. Webster Superior Court. September Term, 1877. Stallings obtained judgment against Jowers on March 18, 1873, and baáfi.fa. issued thereon levied on five bales of cotton on the 28th day of December, 1873. This cotton was made by Jowers on bis plantation during said year, and was delivered by bim to Harrold, Johnson & Co., on said day, and levied on immediately after said delivery. Harrold, Johnson & Co. interposed claim.
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Claim. Factor’s lien. Judgments. Before Judge Crisp. Webster Superior Court. September Term, 1877. Stallings obtained judgment against Jowers on March 18, 1873, and baáfi.fa. issued thereon levied on five bales of cotton on the 28th day of December, 1873. This cotton was made by Jowers on bis plantation during said year, and was delivered by bim to Harrold, Johnson & Co., on said day, and levied on immediately after said delivery. Harrold, Johnson & Co. interposed claim. The cotton was delivered to the claimants by Jowers as a part payment of a certain written obligation, with lien on the…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Judge.
1. There is no clear indication in section 1978 of the Code, that the liens there provided for are to be created before the crops mature, and not afterwards. Neither does it appear that the liens must be created at or before the time of furnishing the supplies or making the advances. The language of the section is, that the persons enumerated “ shall have the right to secure themselves' from the crops of the year in which such things are done or furnished, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the parties,” etc. The crops of the year, whether planted or to be planted,…
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