Peterman v. Dunaway

Where a tenant, without his landlord’s consent, seeks to remove from the premises any portion of the commercial crops before the rent is due, he is subject to distraint immediately, no matter what may be the purpose or intent of such removal. Daniel v. Harris, 84 Ga. 479 (10 S. E. 1013); International Agricultural Corp. v. Powell, 31 Ga. App. 348 (1) (120 S. E. 668); Little v. Lary, 12 Ga. App. 754 (3) (78 S. E. 470). In this case the evidence established, without dispute, that the tenant, without his landlord’s consent, had carried away from the rented premises two bales of cotton grown…