Houck v. Birmingham

Minor W. Millwee, Justice.

Appellant, R. L. Houck, owns and operates a large farm near Luxora in Mississippi County, Arkansas. He is a stockholder and director in Planters Cooperative, Inc., a cooperative organized under Act 153 of 1939 (Ark. Stats. §§ 77-1001 — 77-1025). The cooperative operates a cotton gin about 4% miles from the farm owned by appellant.

Appellees are six croppers who made cotton crops on the shares for appellant in 1946 and 1947. All of the appellees made crops in 1946 and three of them also made crops in 1947.

Under the several oral crop agreements appellant was to furnish…