58-2524. Rent as lien on crop. Any rent due for farming land shall be a lien on the crop growing or made on the premises. Such lien may be enforced by action and attachment therein, as hereinafter provided.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 55, § 24; October 31; R.S. 1923, 67-524.
Source or prior law:
L. 1862, ch. 132, § 1.
Law Review and Bar Journal References:
Analyzed in article on tenant farmers, H. W. Hannah, 7 K.L.R. 295, 302 (1959).
Case in annotation No. 21 below mentioned in article on the farmer as an oil and gas lessor, Polly Peppercorn Dye, 11 K.L.R. 343, 346 (1963).
Security interests in farming operations, Van Smith, 35 J.B.A.K. 299, 339 (1966).
"URLTA, Kansas, and the Common Law," Michael J. Davis, 21 K.L.R. 387, 417 (1973).
Implied warranty of habitability, 22 K.L.R. 666, 671 (1974).
"Commercial Transactions Under the New Bankruptcy Act," Paul B. Rasor, 48 J.B.A.K. 199, 210 (1979).
"Kansas Farmland Lease Law," Sam Brownback, Ted T. Svitavsky, 54 J.K.B.A. 201, 206 (1985).
"Kansas's Unique Treatment of Agricultural Liens," Keith G. Meyer, 53 K.L.R. 1141 (2005).
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Purchaser of crop with notice takes subject to landlord's lien. Scully v. Porter, 57 Kan. 322, 46 P. 313.
2. Landlord's lien paramount to chattel mortgage given by tenant. Bank v. Burr, 7 Kan. App. 197, 52 P. 704.
3. Crops grown by subtenant subject to landlord's statutory lien. Berry v. Berry, 8 Kan. App. 584, 55 P. 348.
4. Crop sown by stranger belongs to owner of the soil. Freeman v. McLennan, 26 Kan. 151.
5. Attachment proceedings for rent properly brought against purchaser of crop. Neifert v. Ames, 26 Kan. 515.
6. Attachment for rent; section cited and construed. Tarpy v. Persing, 27 Kan. 745, 748.
7. Lien includes costs of action to enforce same. Conwell v. Kuykendall, 29 Kan. 707.
8. Landlord's lien; removal of crops gives right of attachment. Knowles v. Sell, 41 Kan. 171, 172, 21 P. 102.
9. Lien on crops exists independently of seizure under process. Scully v. Porter, 57 Kan. 322, 46 P. 313.
10. Right of landlord to possession as against creditor of tenant; lien attaches to entire crop; landowner may replevin from execution creditor. Nessley v. Taylor, 63 Kan. 674, 66 P. 993.
11. Landlord may recover from purchaser with notice. Stadel v. Aikins, 65 Kan. 82, 84, 68 P. 1088.
12. Lien only enforceable against purchaser who has notice. Maelzer v. Swan, 75 Kan. 496, 498, 89 P. 1037.
13. Landlord may enforce lien by attachment. Eckhardt v. Taylor, 90 Kan. 698, 699, 136 P. 218.
14. Section cited; meaning of term "such rent," considered. Wyandt v. Merrill, 107 Kan. 661, 665, 193 P. 366. Overruled: Cooper v. Cyr, 141 Kan. 236, 40 P.2d 375.
15. Money rent for pasture is lien on crops. Firstenberger v. McBee, 113 Kan. 110, 213 P. 813.
16. Landlord's lien is superior to mortgage given before maturity of crop. Bank v. Equity Exchange, 113 Kan. 696, 698, 216 P. 278.
17. Where lease assigned by landlord, assignee has lien. Pitts v. Milling Co., 117 Kan. 626, 628, 233 P. 114.
18. Recording of deed constructive notice of landlord's lien. Hayhurst v. Underwood, 126 Kan. 349, 267 P. 965.
19. Lien for rent has priority over chattel mortgage. Shell v. Guthrie, 129 Kan. 632, 634, 284 P. 420.
20. Lien discharged by lease not revived by subsequent agreement. Knudson v. Ward, 136 Kan. 728, 729, 18 P.2d 176.
21. Word "crop" as used herein defined; nursery stock not "crop." Kennedy v. Spalding, 143 Kan. 76, 78, 53 P.2d 804.
22. Cash rent lien unenforceable by replevin of tenant's share of crop. Johnson v. Beach, 146 Kan. 781, 782, 73 P.2d 1040.
23. Landlord has lien for rent only; statute construed and discussed. Eresch v. Quakenbush, 147 Kan. 311, 315, 317, 76 P.2d 820.
24. Lien for rent has priority over chattel mortgage or federal tax lien. Schmitz v. Stockman, 151 Kan. 891, 894, 101 P.2d 962.
25. Landlord's lien is superior to assignment of crop to pay debt; cash rent due for pasture held lien on tenant's share of wheat; assignment of tenant's share; constructive notice of landlord's lien; compromise and settlement. Knapp v. Hipes, 159 Kan. 94, 95, 152 P.2d 805.
26. Landlord's liens not entitled to super priority under super priority section. In re Roberts, 38 B.R. 128, 129, 134 (1984).
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