Bergfeld v. State

MORROW, Judge.

Paul Bergfeld, Frank Campbell and Matt Campbell appeal from a conviction of theft.

One Adolph German owned a farm upon which one Mendoza lived and made a crop of cotton. Mendoza rented the farm and made a crop under an agreement to given German one-half of it for the use of the land. The contract was not in writing but was “like all ordinary rent contracts. ’ ’ It was contemplated that Mendoza should rent the land, plant,' cultivate and gather the cotton and haul it to the gin and when sold the proceeds were to be divided. There was testimony that either of the parties had the…