Walls v. Skelton

Section 8799 of the Code (Code 1907, § 4734), under which ,com-_ plainant claims the lien here asserted, provides:

“A landlord has a lien, which is paramount to, and has preference over, all other lions, on the crop grown on rented lands for rent for the current year, and for advances made in money, or other thing of value, either by him directly, or by another at his instance or request for which he became legally bound or liable at or before the time such advances were made, for the sustenance or well being of the tenant or Ms family, or for preparing the ground for cultivation, or for…