Legal Opinion

Storthz v. Smith

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 27, 1913PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Faulkner Chancery Court; Jordan Sellers, Chancellor; 1. Section 5032, Kirby’s Digest, gives the landlord a lien upon the crop grown on the premises, etc. 146 S. W. 133. This covers all the crops grown. 95 Ark. 37; 35 Id. 231; 89 N. C. 137; 71 Miss. 482; 4 So. 442; 64 Mo.

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Appeal from Faulkner Chancery Court; Jordan Sellers, Chancellor; 1. Section 5032, Kirby’s Digest, gives the landlord a lien upon the crop grown on the premises, etc. 146 S. W. 133. This covers all the crops grown. 95 Ark. 37; 35 Id. 231; 89 N. C. 137; 71 Miss. 482; 4 So. 442; 64 Mo. App: 351; 131 Iowa 62; 107 N. W. 1032; 51 Miss. 155. The landlord’s lien is superior to that of mortgagee. 25 Ark. 417; 24 Id. 545, and cases supra. 2. The mortgage is void for uncertainty in description. 54 Ark. 92; 43 Id. 350. 1. Gordon and the crop were liable only for the rent of the land rented by Gordon from…

1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.

Appellant, L. Storthz, owned a farm in Faulkner County, Arkansas, and rented a portion of it to one Robert Carr to cultivate during the year 1911., Before the time passed to plant the crop, Carr died, and appellant agreed with the latter’s widow that she should carry out the rental contract, the effect of the contract, as disclosed in the evidence being, to constitute a new rental contract between appellant and Mrs. Carr. Mrs. Carr subrented ten acres of the land to one Gordon, who raised a crop thereon, and mortgaged it, before maturity, to appellee,' S. G. Smith, a merchant in Conway,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Johnson v. GrissardSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1888
  2. Jacobson v. AtkinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
  3. Gurley v. DavisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1882

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Livestock Credit Corp. v. CorbettIdaho Supreme Court · 1933
  2. Lesser-Goldman Cotton Co. v. HembreeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1924
  3. United States v. R. D. Wilmans & Sons, Inc.District Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1956
  4. Miller County Bank & Trust Co. v. BeasleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1924
  5. Watkins v. WallsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927

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