The subtenant may notify the superior landlord, or his assignee, of the existence of any one of the several causes authorizing the issue of an attachment against the crop of the tenant in chief and if such notice is given, and an affidavit is made by the subtenant before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths, setting forth the existence of any one of such causes, and is served by the subtenant, in person, or by his agent, on such landlord, or his assignee, at the time the notice is given, and the landlord, or his assignee, fails or refuses to proceed within a reasonable time thereafter against the crop of the tenant in chief, he thereby loses his right to proceed against the crop of the subtenant for any deficiency in the crop of the tenant in chief to satisfy his claim, insofar as that deficiency resulted from such failure or refusal to proceed.
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.