McKeithen v. Pratt & Co.

Appellees claimed in the court below, four bales of cotton, 1,704 lbs., that were taken by the sheriff to satisfy an execution of appellant against one W. T. Rice; and the action was the statutory one, trial of the right of property.

The cotton was a portion of the crop made in the year 1872 on Rice’s plantation in Autauga county, which was cultivated by him with the aid of three negro foremen of squads. He was to furnish among other things, these foremen with food and clothing for themselves and the laborers they should employ to aid them/ and their families, and they were to be entitled to…