Randolph v. McCain

Susan R. Kimbrough, executrix of Berkly Kimbrough, sued Geo. C. Randolph, in Lincoln county, on the sixth of December, 1876, for the rent of a plantation for that year. By the contract he was to pay $3,000 ; one-half on the first of November, 1876, the balance on the first of January, 1877. She admitted the payment of $500, and it was proven, on the trial, that he had paid about half, at the time suit was brought. She asserted a lien upon the crop of cotton and corn; and filed, with her complaint, an affidavit, stating that he had removed a portion of the crop without her consent, and was…