106 Ala. 581 | Ala. | 1894
— Section 3069 of the Code is as follows : “The landlord of any storehouse, dwelling house or other building, shall have a lien on the goods, furniture and effects, belonging to the tenant, for his rent, which shall be superior to all other liens, except those for taxes.” The paramount question in the case is, whether the lien provided in the foregoing statute in favor of landlords has priority over a mortgagee who sold “goods, furniture and effects” to the mortgagor and took a mortgage upon the property to secure the payment of the purchase money, and. which was fully executed before the landlord’s lien had attached. The complainant, Mrs. Glass, being the owner of the St. James Hotel, leased the same to Tisdale. A short time before the expiration of his term, she leased the property to other parties for a term of three years, to begin after the expiration of the lease to Tisdale. After the lease to these parties had
We further held that a mortgage executed in pursuance of the contract of sale, to secure the purchase money, is not fraudulent and void as to the creditors of the purchaser and mortgagor. — Adkins v. Bynum, 19 So. Rep. 400. The former opinion written in this case is withdrawn and this substituted in its stead. We adhere to the conclusion reached in our former opinion, and the motion for a new trial must be overruled.
Affirmed.