Ponder v. Rhea

Harrison, J.:

In this action Ponder sued Rhea for trespass, in taking and converting to his own use 4000 pounds of seed cotton and 200 bushels of corn.

The facts were'these : The defendant let Johnson, in 1874, have twenty acres of ground, in his plantation, to cultivate that year, in corn and cotton, upon the following agreement:

The defendant was to provide part of the team, and feed for the team, and to furnish Johnson with twenty bushels of corn, and 200 or 300 pounds of bacon, and Johnson was to till the land. The crop was to be the property of the defendant; but after he had reserved ten…