Howard v. Franklin

1. A cropper is one wlio works for wages payable in part of the crop produced, and is a laborer, and, as such, may maintain a laborer’s lien upon the crop as the property of his employer. Civil Code (1910), §§ 3705, 3707, 3334, 3335; McElmurray v. Turner, 86 Ga. 215 (12 S. E. 359); Lewis v. Owens, 124 Ga. 228 (52 S. E. 333); Faircloth v. Webb, 125 Ga. 230 (53 S. E. 592); Garrick v. Jones, 2 Ga. App. 382.

2. A laborer who is entitled to the earnings of his wife.and minor child may assert a lien in his own name and for his own use for labor contracted for and performed by them. McElmurray v.…