# Marrow v. . White

> Supreme Court of North Carolina · October 6, 1909 · 151 N.C. 96

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3674960

## Case

- **Full name:** T. T. Marrow and Wife v. J. J. White and Wife.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of North Carolina
- **Decided:** October 6, 1909
- **Citations:** 151 N.C. 96; 65 S.E. 746; 1909 N.C. LEXIS 202
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Clark
- **Judges:** Clark
- **Cited by:** 4 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Clark, C. J.
The plaintiffs own a tract of land in Virginia. Their tenant sold some of the crop, and instead of paying the proceeds on the rent paid it to the defendant, a merchant, on his store account for supplies, for which he held a mortgage.
The plaintiff testified that the defendant told him, “If you will wait till Hilliard (the tenant) finishes selling, I will give you my note for the $75, payable next fall.” The Code of Virginia, sec. 2496, gives the landlord a lien “prior to all other liens” and a remedy by distress.
We
need not consider the question debated before us, whether the landlord’s lien in' that State is lost by not taking out proceedings in distress, for, according to plaintiff’s evidence, the defendant promised to pay the $75 if the plaintiff would let the tenant alone till he had gathered and sold the rest of his crop. This is not a 'promise barred by the statute of frauds, but an independent contract upon a consideration.
Whitehurst v. Hyman,
90 N. C., 490 ;
Voorhees v. Porter,
134 N. C., 604 ;
Deaver v. Deaver,
137 N. C., 244 ;
Satterfield v. Kindley,
144 N. C., 461 , in which last case the point is fully and clearly presented by
Mr. Justice Brown.
The nonsuit must be
Reversed.

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