Legal Opinion
Smart v. Hill
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 13, 1922No. 13942PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.
1. “ Where,. under the terms of a contract between an owner of land and another who agrees to cultivate it on shares, the relation of landlord and cropper is created, the title to all crops grown on the land remains in the landlord until there has been an actual division [italics ours] and settlement whereby he receives in full his share of the. produce. Civil Code [of 1895], § 3131 [Civil Code of 1910, §§ 3705, 3707]; Wadley v. Williams, 75 Ga. 272; Almand v. Scott, 80 Ga. 95 [4 S. E. 892, 12 Am. St. R. 241], That the cropper furnishes the labor necessary to the making of the crop, and is to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McElmurray v. TurnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Deloach v. DelkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- McAndrew v. Irish-American BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Padgett v. FordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Almand v. Scott & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1888
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Pavlis v. JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942
- Ellis, McKinnon & Brown v. HoppsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1923
- Kelley v. MoodySupreme Court of Georgia · 1932
- Brown v. ColemanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1929
- Wells v. AldridgeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947
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