Douglas v. Parker Commercial Co.

Action on account for goods sold and delivered. The plaintiff corporation is a general merchandise concern engaged in business at Parker, Arizona. In 1920 the defendant Douglas held under lease about 300 acres of land in that vicinity, 100 acres of which he personally farmed in cotton,- and the rest was farmed in cotton by four croppers, the defendant furnishing the land, water for irrigation, teams, tools and seed, and the croppers doing the planting, cultivating and harvesting, with the understanding that the crop would be equally divided. The four croppers cultivated separate pieces of…