Hawthorn v. Coates Bros.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Kaufman County Court; J. P. Coon, Judge. Suit by R. C. Hawthorn against Pierce Hubbard, in which Coates Brothftrs were made defendants.
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Appeal from Kaufman County Court; J. P. Coon, Judge. Suit by R. C. Hawthorn against Pierce Hubbard, in which Coates Brothftrs were made defendants. Prom a judgment for plaintiff as against Hubbard and that plaintiff take nothing as against Coates Brothers, plaintiff appeals. ' R. C. Hawthorn owns 90 acres of land which he rented to Pierce Hubbard for agricultural purposes for the year 1916. Coates Bros, obtained a money judgment against Pierce BCubbard, and caused to be levied an execution on five bales of the cotton raised by Pierce Hubbard on the rented premises during the year 1916. Then…
1Opinion of the CourtLevy, J.
(after stating the facts as above). [1] The act in question gives a preference lien to a landlord upon the crops raised by the tenant on the rented premises for the rent and for the amount of the money, animals, tools, supplies, and provisions furnished by the landlord to the tenant. But the proviso of the article reads;
“Provided, however, this article shall not apply in any way nor in any case where any person leases or rents lands or tenements at will or for a term of years for agricultural purposes where the same is cultivated by the tenant who furnishes everything except the land, and…
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