Crinkley v. . Egerton

Plaintiffs claimed the proceeds of a certain crop grown by Major Williams on a tract of land in Warren County for the year 1891, or a sufficiency thereof to pay their debt due from him, and which said crop passed into the possession of defendant Egerton, who had converted the same, claiming the right to do so as landlord of Williams, and for rent and advances for said year, due him as landlord.

Plaintiffs claimed to own the crop by virtue of two instruments, which were duly registered, by which Williams gave to them for (143) supplies advanced a lien upon the crop to be raised upon "Opossum…