Hopkins v. Partridge

Walker, Associate Justice.

This is a controversy as to the ownership of a cotton crop grown by one Quash Reed, under whom both parties claimed.

The burden of proof was upon appellee, and his right, whatever it is, was prior to that of appellant.

The testimony to the alleged sale by Reed to Partridge is as follows: Partridge testified: “Quash Reed was owing me for a tract of land and I held three notes of his—two for four bales and one for five bales of lint cotton—as a consideration for said land. All of these notes were past due. About four weeks before said levy (by appellant) I went over to…