Mason v. Scruggs

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Affirming on the original and reversing on the cross appeal.

In September, 1921, E. J. Allen was indebted to the appellee, Scruggs, in the sum of $1,667.53. Whether or not Scruggs at this time had a landlord’s lien to secure this indebtedness under section 2323 of the Kentucky Statutes on a certain crop of tobacco, part of which had been raised by Allen as a tenant of Scruggs on the latter’s land, and part of which had been raised on a farm, the paper title of which was in Allen, we do not deem it necessary to decide. The evidence shows that during this…