Beckwith v. Carroll

The appellee in this cause was appointed a receiver, to gather, take care of, and dispose of, according to the orders of the Chancery Court, certain crops of corn, cotton, &c., made in tlie year 1871, by a partnership in planting, composed of one John McOorkle, who was complainant in the suit, and Edmund Conner, Samuel Smith, and Pass Beckwith, who were defendants therein, and who were to furnish the hands, or labor, for making and saving the crops, which, the bill alleged and the evidence tended to show, they were neglecting to gather, and suffering to go to waste. The crops were made on…