Browning v. Crawford

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson

Affirming. .

In March, 1909, Charles Browning entered into an oral renting contract with J. C. Crawford for a term beginning in March, 1909. By the contract Crawford was to furnish Browning a house in which to live, about twelve acres of land to be cultivated in tobacco and about fifteen acres to be cultivated in corn. Browning was to cultivate the corn; each was to have one-half the crop. Browning was to cultivate, house and strip the tobacco, and each of them was to have one-half of it; Browning was to furnish the teams necessary to the cultivation…