Tigner v. First Nat. Bank of Angleton

joined by Justice Smith dissenting.

I find myself unable to agree that an owner of land renting the same for cash (or “standing” rent, as it is usually referred to) has no statutory landlord’s lien upon the crops grown upon *78the rented premises to secure the payment of such rent due for a current year. To hold that the existence of a statutory lien cannot be determined until all of the cotton and grain produced on the land during the rental year has been harvested, and then if one-fourth of the cotton and one-third of the grain is less in value than the standing rent agreed upon, the land owner…