Beckham v. Hunter

This was an action on two promissory notes which were executed in pursuance of a contract for the sale of a crop of corn and cotton. The appellants purchased the crop from the appellee before it had matured (as they claim), under a covenant that the appellee would furnish them the necessary teams and farming implements for cultivating and saving the crops, and would also allow the laborers to remain upon the plantation and work for the appellants, which laborers were then hired by the appellee.

They set up a breach of this covenant in their answer, which was excepted to, and the exception…