Thompson v. Passmore

IIill, O. J.

Thompson was a cropper for Hill during the year 1909. Under a verbal contract between the landlord and the cropper the former was to furnish the land, the stock, the supplies, and everything necessary to make the crop, except the labor. This was to lie furnished by the cropper and the members of his family. In making the crop and in the performance of his labor the cropper was to work under the direction and control of the landlord. For his labor the cropper was to receive one half of the net proceeds of the lint cotton raised on the farm, and one half of all the net proceeds of…