Keaton McCrary Cotton Co. v. Herron

ROBINSON, Justice.

In this suit for conversion of the landlord’s ¼ interest in a cotton crop, the trial court entered judgment for the landlord against a cotton buyer who had contracted with the tenant for the crop and denied recovery on the cotton buyer’s claim against the tenant for breach of contract. The cotton buyer appeals. Affirmed in part and reversed and rendered in part.

Plaintiff, Mrs. Charlie Herron, and others whom she represented, owned land which was farmed by tenant Clovis Cline pursuant to an agreement by which the landlord was to receive Vi of the cotton crop as rent. Cline…