Gilbert v. Copeland
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Trover; from city court of Thomasville—Judge W. H. Hammond. January-3, 1918. ' . Gilbert sued Gopeland in trover, alleging- as follows: “1. That on the 10th day of January, 1917, plaintiff entered into a contract with the said John Bell, a copy of which said contract is hereto attached, marked Exhibit A, wherein the said John Bell agreed to undertake to raise for and deliver to D. H. Gilbert all of the melop seed grown during the year 1917 on 10 acres of land, -to be…
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Trover; from city court of Thomasville—Judge W. H. Hammond. January-3, 1918. ' . Gilbert sued Gopeland in trover, alleging- as follows: “1. That on the 10th day of January, 1917, plaintiff entered into a contract with the said John Bell, a copy of which said contract is hereto attached, marked Exhibit A, wherein the said John Bell agreed to undertake to raise for and deliver to D. H. Gilbert all of the melop seed grown during the year 1917 on 10 acres of land, -to be selected by -said John Bell, suitable in quantity and condition for-such crop. - ■ ‘ “2. By the terms of said contract the said…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The question is, did Bell, under his contract with Gilbert, agree to sell his labor, or did the product of his labor -constitute the subject-matter of the contract? In other words, did Bell, under the terms of that writing, obligate himself to work as a laborer, in accordance with stipulated rules and restrictions, in the production for Gilbert, and under the latter’s direction, of a certain commodity, at a wage to be determined by the amount of the output produced and delivered ; or must the intent and purport of the writing be taken as constituting an'…
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