Legal Opinion

Lathrop & Co. v. Clewis

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 15, 1879PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Landlord and tenant. Lien. Distress warrant. Before Judge Simmons. Houston Superior Court. May Term, 1879. Reported in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Bleckley, Justice.

On the first of October, 1875, Lathrop & Co. sued out a distress warrant against Clewis. The affidavit (made by one of the firm) alleged that Clewis was indebted to the firm “for the rent of the Everett Hog-Crawl plantation, in Houston county, for the year 1875, eight thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds of middling cotton, of the value of $1,093.95, now due and unpaid, and the like amount of eight thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds of middling cotton, of the value of $1,093.95 to become dne the 15th of October, 1875 ; and that the said Clewis is removing 1ns…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Sturgis & Berry v. FrostSupreme Court of Georgia · 1876
  2. Driver v. MaxwellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1876
  3. Scott v. BerrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1872
  4. Bolton v. DuncanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878
  5. Hooper v. SellsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Beall v. PattersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
  2. Andrew v. Stewart Bros.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1888
  3. Botatoles v. HillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
  4. Cranston & Alexander v. RogersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
  5. Stafford v. StauntonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892

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