Willard v. Cox
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Clair Circuit Court. Heard before Hou. James E. Blackwood. Detinue by A. W. Willard against L. E. Cox. Judgment for defendant under direction of the court, and plaintiff appeals. • Under the facts in this case the relation of hirer and laborer existed, and the legal title to the crop vested in the landlord. — Sec. 4743, Code 1907. The court, therefore was in error in instructing for the defendant.
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Appeal from St. Clair Circuit Court. Heard before Hou. James E. Blackwood. Detinue by A. W. Willard against L. E. Cox. Judgment for defendant under direction of the court, and plaintiff appeals. • Under the facts in this case the relation of hirer and laborer existed, and the legal title to the crop vested in the landlord. — Sec. 4743, Code 1907. The court, therefore was in error in instructing for the defendant. There had been a division fairly and squarely, and title vested in defendant as to his part of the corn. — Sloan v. Wilson, 117 Ala. 583'. The agreemnt for the lien was nothing but a…
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, J. —
The plaintiff (appellant), against whom the court below gave the general affirmative charge, brought suit in detinue against the defendant for 50 bushels of corn, the title to which he claimed under the following undisputed state of facts: The corn was raised on plaintiff’s land by the defendant, under an agreement between them, whereby the plaintiff was to and did furnish the land and the team with which to cultivate it, and the defendant was to and did furnish the labor, with an express stipulation between them to equally divide the crops raised. When the crops were harvested,…
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