Colby v. Hill

This action presents the question of attachment of certain crops under a farm lease.

Plaintiff, acting through her husband, as her agent, rented 250 acres of farm land to the defendant for the year 1929, under a written lease, reserving as rents 1/3 of the hay baled; 1/3 of the oats and corn; 1/4 of the cotton and broomcorn; the hay to be put in the barn and the com to be delivered in cribs.

Plaintiff alleged that the defendant had not paid the rent and had sold some of the corn, cotton and hay, and was disposing of the other portions of the crops in violation of the lease contract and by…