State v. Gay ( 1833 )

One who is entitled to receive a share of the crop, for his services, on the plantation of another, is not a joint 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.