Crow v. Beck

This is,the second appeal in this case. Beck v. Crow, 204 Ala. 295, 85 South. 489. After reversal, the issue of fact was submitted to the jury by oral charge, instructing that defendant had no right to hold the cotton for “something he claimed” of plaintiff other than defendant’s one-half interest, plaintiff furnishing the teams and the land and defendant furnishing the labor.

A question in the case is whether there was a sufficient valuation assessed by the jury on the property made the subject of suit in detinue. The evidence showed that the cotton had been ginned and baled, which testimony…