Mumford v. Stribling

This was a bail-trover case. In the petition as amended the description of the property for which suit was brought is as follows: “A sufficient amount of cotton at 23 cents, per pound, grown on the place of Joe Butler in Lincoln county, Georgia, to- pay the principal sum of $280.21, besides interest on said sum at 8% per annum, which amount of cotton was over and above the amount said Mumford was due as rent of the premises on which same was grown in the year 1920, said Mumford having no other cotton except that grown on said place, whether in the seed or in the field, or packed in jute…