Phillips v. Thomas
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Lowndes county. Hon. Thos. B. Carroll, Judge. Suit by J. E. Thomas against F. P. Phillips. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The case at bar is a much stronger case against the landlord than the case of Seavey y.
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Appeal from circuit court of Lowndes county. Hon. Thos. B. Carroll, Judge. Suit by J. E. Thomas against F. P. Phillips. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The case at bar is a much stronger case against the landlord than the case of Seavey y. Godbolcl, to which we call the court’s attention, 54 So. 838, 99 Miss. 113. In that case Godbold, the landlord, permitted the Keenes, tenants, to take the samples of the cotton to several merchants and they finally sold it to the appellant Seavey. Appellants paid Luther Keene for two bales and at the instance of Joe Keene, one of the tenants,…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
The appellee sued the appellant for the value of cotton purchased by the appellant from a tenant of the appellee. It appears that one M. L. White was a tenant of the ap-pellee for the year 1920, and had been since 1918, working on what is known as the share-crop system. The ap-pellee furnished to White during the year a small amount of merchandise and several items of cash, amounting altogether to tAvo hundred and eighty-one dollars, on Avhich there Avas a credit from cotton sold of forty-two dollars. The appellant bought from White cotton of the value of eighty-nine dollars. The appellee…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- A. C. Seavey & Sons v. GodboldMississippi Supreme Court · 1910
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