M. L. Dekle

WHITFIELD, C. J. -- The declaration filed by J. M. Calhoun against M. L. Dekle alleges in substance that a tenant of the plaintiff was indebted to him for rent and other claims for which the plaintiff had a statutory lien superior to all others upon certain cotton produced by the tenant on plaintiff's land; that the defendant took possession of the property and converted the same to his own use and benefit, thereby depriving plaintiff of his statutory lien for which damages were claimed. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff and on writ of error it is urged that the declaration does not state a cause of action.