Salley v. Cox
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Frank B. Gary, J., Charleston, April term, 1913. Action by B. M. Salley against H. L. Cox. Defendant appeals. Plaintiff was a laborer: 20 S. C. 1. And the principle of accounting does not apply: 15 S. C. 82.
1DissentJustice Woods
The plaintiff, a sharecropper on the land of the defendant in 1910, brought this action, alleging that about the 17th of August, the defendant ordered him to leave the place and afterwards appropriated the entire crop to his own use. The defendant alleged: (1) “That plaintiff secretly disposed of a part of the crop-, and after being warned by the defendant not to repeat the performance, plaintiff abandoned said crop and disappeared without attending to the duties he assumed by agreement, and that defendant was put to' the expense of raising and harvesting- the crop;” and (2) “That after…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Martin v. Seaboard Air Line Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
- Godfrey v. E. P. Burton Lumber Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1911
- Loveless v. GilliamSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Verner v. SullivanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1887