Jackson v. Jefferson

Appellees, Doss Jefferson, Ellie Jefferson, Horse Dowdy, and Sam Willis, four negroes, filed their separate bills in the chancery court of Humphreys county against appellant, and her farm tenant, W. It. Jenkins, appellees being his share croppers, to recover their shares of crops produced by them during the year 1933, the proceeds of which had been sold by Jenkins, and turned over to appellant. By agreement the four cases were consolidated and tried as one. The trial was had on bills, answers, and proofs, resulting in decrees as follows: For appellee. Doss Jefferson, two hundred sixty dollars…