Reeves v. Hathcock
Reeves v. Hathcock
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
The brief record in this case reflects the following facts: That on February 13, 1909, one W. B. Martin executed a deed of trust upon his cotton crop for the year 1909 to W.. J. Reeves, trustee, to secure an indebtedness of two hundred, sixteen dollars and fifteen cents owed one J. S. Burdine. In 1911, Reeves, the trustee instituted this action in a justice of the peace court to
The brief testimony offered on behalf of the plaintiff does show that W. B. Martin raised about seven bales of cotton in the crop year 1909; that he and his family picked and deposited in his house about a bale of seed cotton; and that appellee Hathcock, early one morning, came to Martin’s place and loaded this seed cotton in a wagon and hauled it away. Witness Sam Cox, who lived about one hundred and twenty-five yards from Mr. Martin, testified that Hathcock borrowed a basket from the witness to use in loading the cotton; that the wagon was equipped in the usual way for hauling cotton;'that appellee “come and-loaded a bale of cotton early one morning at Will’s residence;” that “it looked like a fair load, about a good bale of cotton, I think;” that it was raised and picked on Martin’s place and was Martin’s cotton; that cotton,was worth that year fourteen cents a pound; that in the usual bale of cotton there would be thirty-two bushels of seed worth thirty-five cents or forty cents a bushel.
The motion by the defendant to exclude the testimony assigns the following reasons: First, that the plaintiff lost the benefit of his lien by “laches, acquiescence and consent;” second, because the plaintiff had not shown any certain quantity of cotton taken'; and, third, because it was not shown that fifty dollars lent, was not paid out of the proceeds of this particular
Reversed and remanded.
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- 1. Chattel Mortgage. Sufficiency of evidence. Value of property. In a suit by a trustee under a deed of trust covering a cotton crop to recover the value of a bale of cotton, evidence that about a bale of cotton was taken by defendant, that it was Worth a certain sum per pound, and that in the usual bale of cotton there would be a specified amount of seed worth a certain amount, was proof sufficiently definite as to amount and value of the cotton taken to authorize a submission of the ease to the jury. 2. Chattel Mortgages. Sufficiency of evidence. In a suit by a trustee under a deed of trust covering a cotton crop to' recover the value of cotton disposed of by the mortgagor, plaintiff is not required to prove that the mortgagor did not pay the proceeds of the converted cotton to his landlord, where the defendant did not interplead the lien holders.