Any subtenant who pays or discharges any debt or lien which the landlord has against the tenant in chief, by contract, judicial process, or otherwise, shall be subrogated to the rights, liens, and remedies, which the landlord had against the tenant in chief as to such debt or lien so paid or satisfied, or he may set off such debt, claim, or demand so paid or discharged by him against any claim, debt, or demand which the tenant in chief may have against such subtenant.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 9 - Landlord and Tenant.
Article 2 - Liens of Landlord.
Division 1 - Liens for Advances and Rent of Lands.
Section 35-9-30 - Lien Declared.
Section 35-9-31 - Maturity of Rent and Advances.
Section 35-9-32 - Continuation of Lien and Attachment to Crop of Succeeding Year.
Section 35-9-33 - Assignment of Claim for Rent and Advances.
Section 35-9-34 - When Lien May Be Enforced by Attachment.
Section 35-9-35 - Affidavit and Bond.
Section 35-9-36 - Issuance and Return of Attachment; Trial; Property Leviable.
Section 35-9-37 - Relation Between Party Furnishing Land and Party Furnishing Labor.
Section 35-9-38 - Failure or Refusal of Tenant to Plant Crop.
Section 35-9-39 - Levy Upon Crop of Subtenant.
Section 35-9-40 - Subrogation of Subtenant to Rights, Liens, and Remedies of Landlord.
Section 35-9-41 - Right of Subtenant to Require Attachment Against Tenant in Chief.
Section 35-9-42 - Applicability of Division to Tenant in Chief and Subtenant.