Reynolds Bros. v. Pool
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN of claim .and delivery tried at Spring Term, 188Q, of Wake Superior Ccmrij, before Qudg&r, .J. The plaintiffs claim the cotton in question by virtue of a mortgage giving a lien upon the crop-- raised on- the land described in the pleadings. The facts are as-follows : James G. McPheeters, the owner of the land, was-indebted-to F. A. Belvin on the 31-st of December, 1877, in the- sum of one thousand dollars.
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Civil ActioN of claim .and delivery tried at Spring Term, 188Q, of Wake Superior Ccmrij, before Qudg&r, .J. The plaintiffs claim the cotton in question by virtue of a mortgage giving a lien upon the crop-- raised on- the land described in the pleadings. The facts are as-follows : James G. McPheeters, the owner of the land, was-indebted-to F. A. Belvin on the 31-st of December, 1877, in the- sum of one thousand dollars. In 1878, A. M. McPheeters, agent of James G., entered into a. contract with Belvin, the evidence in regard to the terms of which is set out in the opinion of this court. The…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The plaintiffs were entitled to have the instruction asked given to the jury, that, taking all the evidence-most favorably for the defendant, McPheeters and Belvin were partners in the cultivation of the farm during the year in which the cotton in dispute was raised^. The agreement entered into is thus described by Belvin : “ On the first. Monday in-February,. 1878, I agreed with McPheeters (acting for the owner of the land) to farm for the yea-r I87'8 on-these terms:. He was to.furnish the outfit and the land; I was to hire hands and superintend the making of the crop;: he was to provide…
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