Third. When the tenant has expended several months' rent in repairs on the house? Answer. Of course, allow all such credits on reasonable proof and showing. Fourth. When the owner has gone south, and parties here hold liens on the property and are collecting the rents to satisfy their liens? Answer. The rent of a house can only be mortgaged to a person in possession. If a loyal tenant be in possession and claim the rent from himself as due to himself on some other debt, allow it; but, if not in actual possession of the property, rents are not good liens for a debt, but must be paid to the quartermaster.

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