State v. Gay

Court of Appeals of South Carolina

State v. Gay

19 S.C.L. 364

DecidedDecember 15, 1833

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State v. Gay, 19 S.C.L. 364 (S.C. Ct. App. 1833).

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One who is entitled to receive a share of the crop, for his services, on the plantation of another, is not a [365]*365joint tenant, or tenant in common with his employer, of the crop produced. It is exclusively the property of the employer, though he has made an executory contract to allow a certain portion of it to the cropper; and the latter may commjt larceny in stealing a part of the gathered crop.

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One who is entitled to receive a share of the crop, for his services, on the plantation of another, is not a [365]*365joint tenant, or tenant in common with his employer, of the crop produced. It is exclusively the property of the employer, though he has made an executory contract to allow a certain portion of it to the cropper; and the latter may commjt larceny in stealing a part of the gathered crop.

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19 S.C.L. 364, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-v-gay-scctapp-1833.