Rand v. Walton
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lonoke Chancery Court; Jolm E. Mar-tineau, Chancellor; 1. Abandonment by a share-cropper causes him to lose all interest in the crop. 87 Ark. 328; 8 E. C. L. 373, par. 19; 25 Ark. 327; 34 Id. 182; 39 Id. 286; 48 Id. 266; 79 Id. 427. Abandonment of crop is forfeiture of interest. 24 Cyc. 1472 (f); 8 R. C. L. 365, par. 10, n. 6; 77 S. E. 933; 93 N. C. 47; 28 N. W, 121; 57 Ala.' 581; 50 Oregon 81; Tiedeman on Real Prop. 206, par. 160; 12 Cyc. 981; 77 S. E. 933;…
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Appeal from Lonoke Chancery Court; Jolm E. Mar-tineau, Chancellor; 1. Abandonment by a share-cropper causes him to lose all interest in the crop. 87 Ark. 328; 8 E. C. L. 373, par. 19; 25 Ark. 327; 34 Id. 182; 39 Id. 286; 48 Id. 266; 79 Id. 427. Abandonment of crop is forfeiture of interest. 24 Cyc. 1472 (f); 8 R. C. L. 365, par. 10, n. 6; 77 S. E. 933; 93 N. C. 47; 28 N. W, 121; 57 Ala.' 581; 50 Oregon 81; Tiedeman on Real Prop. 206, par. 160; 12 Cyc. 981; 77 S. E. 933; Kirby’s Digest, § 5028; Kirby & Castle’s Digest, § 5958; 87 Ark. 330. 1. The burden was on appellants to show that Walton…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
On the 8th day of August, 1916, Mary Walton instituted this action in the chancery court against J. C. Rand and O. Moreland. She alleged in her bill that her husband, herself and their children had planted and worked a crop on the land of the defendant, Rand, until July 17, 1916, and asked that an accounting be had of her interest in said crop. On the day the cause came on for hearing she filed an amendment to her complaint in which she asked that she be entitled to a laborers’ lien on the crop referred to in her original complaint. The facts are as follows:
O. Moreland was overseer for J. C.…
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