Goss v. Toney

BORAH, Circuit Judge.

The important and controlling question presented by this appeal is whether or not under Georgia law a landlord may take a. bill of sale on crops to be grown on leased' premises in order to secure rental thereon* without thereby destroying the landlord’s lien which would otherwise have arisen* under Section 61-203 of the Georgia Code.

The material facts as stipulated are-these: On December 11, 1948, plaintiffs-appellants, operating as partners under the trade name of Mercer Mill Plantation, entered into an agreement with one W. H.. Monroe under the terms of which…