Saulsbury, Respess & Co. v. McKellar

Jackson, Judge.

McKellar rented a plantation to Peter M. and Wiley N. Curry, and took their note for rent. Some cotton, was consigned by Peter M. Curry to Saulsbury, Respess & Company, *323who sold it and applied the proceeds thereof to the payment of his indebtedness to them. An effort was made by McKellar to levy a distress warrant upon the cotton, but it was sold, and proceeds applied to the payment of a debt to Saulsbury, Respess & Company before any levy could be made. McKellar had notified one of the Saulsburys of his lien on cotton raised on his farm. There was very slight evidence, if any…