115 Ga. 848 | Ga. | 1902
Pryor instituted an action of trover against Brady, in the city court of Americus. He alleged in bis petition, that, during the year 1900, Brady rented from him certain land situated in Lee county; that in September of that year, Brady having failed to pay the stipulated rent, petitioner sued out a distress warrant and had same levied for the purpose of recovering such rent; that afterwards, in October of that year, petitioner and Brady came to an agreement under which the distress warrant was settled. Among other things it was stipulated that Brady should turn over and deliver to petitioner all of the crops which had been grown on the land during the year 1900; that the same should be gathered, harvested, and sold by petitioner, and the proceeds .applied to the liquidation of the amount which Brady was due petitioner; and, in the event such proceeds were greater in amount than was sufficient to pay off such indebtedness, that the balance should be turned over to Brady. Acting under this agreement, petitioner employed Brady for stipulated wages to assist him in gathering the crop. It is alleged that, under this agreement, title to the crops so made was vested in petitioner for the purpose indicated. It is further alleged that petitioner paid defendant the amount agreed on for his services in aiding to harvest the crop, but that, contrary to the agreement, Brady secretly and fraudulently carried away from said place, and from the possession of petitioner, and without his knowledge or consent, two bales of cotton which were grown in 1900 on said land, which in the petition are described
This demurrer, when properly construed, must be taken as a general demurrer to the whole petition, and a special demurrer to paragraph 8. An examination of the petition shows that the part of the petition which relates to the two bales of cotton was good in
Judgment reversed.