Millsaps v. Tate
Mississippi Supreme Court
Feom the circuit court of Washington county. Hon. F. A. Montgomery, Judge. Appellants were the owners of 'a plantation in Washington county, and leased the same for the year 1893. The tenants, in the spring of the year, executed a deed of trust on the crops to be grown on the leased premises, to appellees, and in the fall of the year shipped the cotton raised to appellees, in Memphis, Tennessee, leaving the rent largely unpaid.
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Feom the circuit court of Washington county. Hon. F. A. Montgomery, Judge. Appellants were the owners of 'a plantation in Washington county, and leased the same for the year 1893. The tenants, in the spring of the year, executed a deed of trust on the crops to be grown on the leased premises, to appellees, and in the fall of the year shipped the cotton raised to appellees, in Memphis, Tennessee, leaving the rent largely unpaid. Appellants began suit by attachment against appellees, who appeared and pleaded to the merits. The judgment was for defendants, and the plaintiffs appealed. Whether…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, C. J.
So long as the agricultural products remained in this state, the landlord might assert his statutory lien against the purchaser of such products, with or without notice of such lien on the part of the purchaser. Notice or the want of notice were of no force in determining the liability of the purchaser. Liability attaches in such case because of the wrongful acquisition of the property by a purchaser while it was subject under our statute to the landlord’s lien, and remained within the jurisdiction of our courts. But our statutes have no extraterritorial effect, as appellant’s counsel frankly…
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