Landrum & Co. v. Wright
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Tallapoosa Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. S. L. Brewer. Attachment to enforce a landlord’s lien sued out by T. L. Wright and others, against one Mooney, with a claim to the'property interposed by Landrum & Company under a mortgage executed by Mooney. Judgment for plaintiffs and defendants appeal.
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Appeal from Tallapoosa Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. S. L. Brewer. Attachment to enforce a landlord’s lien sued out by T. L. Wright and others, against one Mooney, with a claim to the'property interposed by Landrum & Company under a mortgage executed by Mooney. Judgment for plaintiffs and defendants appeal. The contract was clearly within the statute of frauds, and the court erred in permitting the question to the witness Langley, “did anyone become responsible for the debt that he owed you, or for the debt for which you were responsible?”— Webb v. Hawkins L. Co., 101 Ala. 630; Strauss v.…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The appellees, T. L., J. E., and O. M. Wright, sued out an attachment against one Mooney, for the purpose of enforcing an alleged landlord’s lien claimed by them for advances — all rents having been previously paid — and caused the writ to be levied upon the crops grown by said Mooney during the year 1912 on the rented premises. The appellants, Landrum & Co., interposed a claim to the property, which claim was predicated upon a mortgage shown without dispute to be unsatisfied and to have been duly executed to the claimants by Mooney on January 15, 1912, long before the issuance and levy of…
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