McLemore v. Cole
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before Samuel F. Rice, esq., an attorney of the court, under § 758 of Revised Code. The facts of the case are set out in the opinion.
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Appeal from the City Court of Montgomery. Tried before Samuel F. Rice, esq., an attorney of the court, under § 758 of Revised Code. The facts of the case are set out in the opinion. The following is the order referred to : “ Headquarters District of Alabama, Montgomery, Alabama, November 7th, 1867 — General Orders No. 18. In order to secure to agricultural laborers in this State payment for the labor of this year, a lien is hereby created in their favor upon tbe crop grown upon the farms on which they are respectively employed; said lien attaches from this date, and is subordinate to prior…
1Opinion of the CourtB. E. Saeeold, J.
The appellant sued out an attachment against the appellee, Marshall, to be levied on the crop of said Marshall, made during the year 1867, under General Order No. 13, issued by Gen. Swayne, then military governor of Alabama, on the 7th of November, 1867. The attachment was levied by summoning the appellee, Cole, to answer as garnishee. The answer of the garnishee was controverted. An issue was made up and tried by jury, and a verdict rendered against the garnishee. The verdict determined that he had in his possession a portion of the crop of the defendant Marshall, made in the year 1867,…
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