Wilkins v. McMahan

McMahan recovered a judgment in trover against Wilkins for three bales of cotton, and Wilkins excepts. It appears that Atkinson was a cropper of McMahan’s. During the year (in the month of May) McMahan, in order to arrange for the furnishing of supplies, caused Atkinson to execute to him a note for $300,. reciting that McMahan was landlord and that Atkinson was tenant, and that the note was given for the purpose of creating a lien for supplies to make the crops raised on the premises; and Mc-Mahan transferred this instrument.to Wilkins. Wilkins, however, knew that the relationship between…