Butler v. Lazenby

1. Lazenby sued out a possessory warrant against Butler, his cropper, to recover possession of a bale of cotton. On the trial before the justice, the evidence in behalf of the plaintiff was that the defendant still owed him for advances and supplies, and that the balé of cotton in question was a part of the crop. The defendant did not deny that the bale of cotton was a part of the crop, but set up that there had been a division, and that he had paid all advances, and that with Lazenby’s consent he had sold the cotton to Hunt Brothers. Lazenby denied that he had given his consent for any sale…