Legal Opinion

Eastern Cotton Oil Co. v. Powell

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided September 23, 1931Published

1Per curiam

Tbe question involved: Is a chattel mortgage upon crops to secure an antecedent debt that is not in tbe required form to constitute a crop lien for supplies as contemplated by tbe statute, O. S., 2480, sufficient to enable it to take precedence over a subsequently recorded agricultural lien for supplies in tbe form required by tbe statute ? We think not.

C. S., 2480: “If any person makes any advance either in money or supplies to any person who is engaged in or about to engage in the cultivation of the soil, the person making the advances is entitled to a lien on the crops made within one year…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Wooten v. . HillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1887
  2. Collins v. . BassSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1929
  3. White v. . RiddleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1930
  4. B. W. Ballard & Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
  5. Williams v. . DavisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1922

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