Harnwell v. Arkansas Rice Growers' Co-Operative Ass'n

Hart, J.,

(after stating the facts.) The judgment of the circuit court was wrong. This court has held that if the contract between the landlord and a person making the crop on his place shows the intention of the parties to become tenants in common, then the title to the crop raised vests as any other chattels held in common, and either one of the common owners may maintain his action against one who has converted the property to his use for the value of his interest. Hammock v. Creekmore, 48 Ark. 264, and cases cited; and Barnhardt v. State, ante p. 567, and cases cited.

The 'contract relied…