First Nat. Bank of Gadsden v. Meeks

Plaintiff in attachment sought to recover rents due her by the tenant in chief, T. J. Nicholson, for the year 1920. The attachment writ was levied upon cotton of subtenants and the First National Bank of Gadsden filed an affidavit and bond—a claim suit for the cotton in question—and demanded a trial by jury, and there was verdict for plaintiff.

At the time the attachment was sued out and levy made, defendant Nicholson, the tenant in chief, had nothing in the way of crops upon which levy could be made. The crop he had raised on the land had been sold by him prior to issuance of the attachment,…