In all cases where a cropper unlawfully sells or otherwise disposes of any part of a crop or where the cropper seeks to take possession of such crops or to exclude the landlord from the possession thereof while the title thereto remains in the landlord, the landlord shall have the right to repossess the crops by any process of law by which the owner of the property can recover it under the laws of this state.
(Ga. L. 1889, p. 113, § 3; Civil Code 1895, § 3130; Civil Code 1910, § 3706; Code 1933, § 61-503.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 52A C.J.S., Landlord and Tenant, § 1500 et seq.
ALR.
- Cropper's right to thresher's lien or lien for other work on share of owner, 35 A.L.R. 450.
Recovery for failure of cropper or one leasing land on shares for failure to plant or cultivate crop, 39 A.L.R. 1357.
Right to crops sown or grown by one wrongfully in possession of land, 57 A.L.R. 584.