Williams v. Sykes
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion
ON SUGGESTION OF ERROR.
In the former decision, we held that, where one person was working land for another on shares, the landlord furnishing the house, land, and farming implements, and the tenant the labor, each having one-half of the crop produced, the relation of landlord and tenant existed, and that replevin by the tenant against the landlord for the possession of his share of the crop was maintainable.
In the suggestion of error it is contended that the joint owners of property have each an equal right to the possession of the joint property, and that replevin will not lie in favor of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Alexander v. ZeiglerMississippi Supreme Court · 1904
- Schlicht v. CallicottMississippi Supreme Court · 1898
- Doty v. HethMississippi Supreme Court · 1876
- Staple Cotton Co-Op. Ass'n v. HemphillMississippi Supreme Court · 1926
- Holton v. BinnsMississippi Supreme Court · 1866