Murphy v. Myar
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Columbia Chancery Court; James M. Barker, Chancellor; A lien may be retained upon the crop on land to secure the payment of the purchase price thereof. 60 Ark. 595. If the vendee fails to exercise his option to purchase within the time limit, his contract to pay rent is absolute. 61 Ark. 270. A landlord’s lien for rent will, even before it is due, take precedence over a lien by attachment. 25 Ark. 417; 27 Ark. 1. The remedy of a landlord for the recovery of rent…
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Appeal from Columbia Chancery Court; James M. Barker, Chancellor; A lien may be retained upon the crop on land to secure the payment of the purchase price thereof. 60 Ark. 595. If the vendee fails to exercise his option to purchase within the time limit, his contract to pay rent is absolute. 61 Ark. 270. A landlord’s lien for rent will, even before it is due, take precedence over a lien by attachment. 25 Ark. 417; 27 Ark. 1. The remedy of a landlord for the recovery of rent is by specific attachment while in the defendant’s possession, or, after sale, by suit in equity to recover payment out…
1Opinion of the CourtFrauenthal, J.
This was an action instituted by the appellee in the chancery court to recover the amount of rent for certain land, which he alleged he leased to one of the defendants for the year of 1908, and to fix his landlord’s lien on the proceeds of the cotton raised on the land during that year in the hands of the other defendants, who, he alleged, had purchased the cotton with notice of said rent, and by sale had wrongfully converted same; and to secure a judgment against the defendants for the amount of said rent.
In January, 1908, the appellee entered into a contract with Eph. H. Hicks, by which he…
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