Stewart v. Young

Suit in detinue to recover cotton and corn made under a share-cropping contract. The plaintiff furnished the land and teams, the defendant the labor, and each one-half the fertilizer, the crops to be •shared equally. This arrangement continued four years, during which mutual accounts were running for supplies or advances by the landowner and for work and labor done by the laborer.

At the termination of relations in 1922 a controversy arose as to the state of accounts. Failing to reach a settlement, the defendant removed seven bales of cotton from the premises, and stored it in a warehouse,…