Mutual Fertilizer Co. v. Moultrie Banking Co.

1. Under the Civil Code (1910), § 3348, landlords furnishing supplies to their tenants for the purpose of making crops on the rented premises have a lien, by operation of law, on the crops there made in the year for which the supplies were furnished. Such a lien is in the nature of a claim for purchase-money. Moseman v. Comer, 160 Ga. 106 (127 S. E. 406); Turner v. Sitton, 160 Ga. 215 (127 S. E. 847). Quaere: After such supplies have been furnished but before they are utilized by the tenant for the purpose intended, are they subject to levy and sale under executions against the tenant held by…