First Joint Stock Land Bank v. Moultrie Banking Co.

1. A bill of sale of crops not growing and before planting is invalid and passes no title to them unless the consideration therefor is advancements made for the cultivation of the crops. Bank of Cusseta v. Ellaville Guano Co., 143 Ga. 312 (85 S. E. 119); Hall v. State, 2 Ga. App. 739, 740 (59 S. E. 26); Dawson National Bank v. Bank of Dawson, 42 Ga. App. 300 (155 S. E. 791).

2. Where crops have been levied on and sold under an execution based upon a foreclosure of a bill of sale of the crops, made to secure advancements for their cultivation, and the plaintiff in execution has caused a rule to…