Madison Supply & Hardware Co. v. Richardson

1. A merchant foreclosed in the county court a lien for supplies, against a farmer, and had the execution levied upon the defendant’s crops. After this levy the farmer’s landlord sued out in a justice’s court a distress warrant against him for rent due during the year for which the supplies were furnished, and the constable of the justice’s court levied the distress warrant on the crops of the tenant. The merchant and the landlord agreed that a $50 deposit with the constable should be held by him in lieu of any proceeds that might arise from the sale of the crops, and both waived any sale of…