Riddle v. Hodge
Supreme Court of Georgia
Landlord and tenant. Intruders. Evidence. Administrators. Before Judge Gustin. Houston superior court. October term, 1888. On August 9, 1887, J. W. Hodge, as temporary administrator of Crawford Henderson, made an affidavit to eject A. A. Riddle, as an intruder, from certain premises of which he was in possession ; and by counter-affidavit an issue was formed and tried in the county court.
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Landlord and tenant. Intruders. Evidence. Administrators. Before Judge Gustin. Houston superior court. October term, 1888. On August 9, 1887, J. W. Hodge, as temporary administrator of Crawford Henderson, made an affidavit to eject A. A. Riddle, as an intruder, from certain premises of which he was in possession ; and by counter-affidavit an issue was formed and tried in the county court. At the opening of the case, defendant moved to dismiss the affidavit, on the .ground that it would not lie in favor of a temporary administrator. This motion was overruled. It appeared that Riddle was put in…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1. By written contract, title to all the crops was to remain in the landlord until the rent and advances were fully satisfied and paid. 'A note was given for the rent, payable in cotton. The tenant died in July, the cultivation of the crop being unfinished. The landlord, as we infer from the record, put Riddle in possession to finish the cultivation. Whether he could do this rightfully depended on circumstances. As the crop was his, if it was reasonably necessary under all the circumstances for him to enter to preserve his rights, he could do so lawfully. This does not…
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