Ivy v. Pugh

This suit was instituted by W. T. Ivy against PI. R. Pugh, J. W. Light, and J. M. Hart, alleging that the defendant Hart had wrongfully converted to Ms own use certain cotton upon wMeh plaintiff as landlord held a valid lien as against Pugh and Light, his tenants. Hart pleaded that he took the cotton under a mortgage lien which was prior in law to plaintiff’s lien. The honorable county judge before whom the case was tried made the following findings of fact, which we adopt:

“1. I find that on the 10th day of September, 1909, the defendant I-I. R. Pugh purchased 70 acres of land from one I-I.…