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69 Ala. 227

McCall v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 15, 1881

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1881-12-15

Tried before Hon John MoOre. At the fall term, 1881, of said court, the appellant was indicted for the larceny of a part of an outstanding crop of corn, alleged in one count to be the property of John Streety, and in another, to be the property of John Miller.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently December 1888

1 state decisions

Relies on Harris v. State

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Decided 1881-12-15

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SOMERYILLE, J.

¶1The evidence shows that the defendant was a tenant in common of the outstanding corn crop, a portion of which he is charged with stealing. Upon the authority of Holcombe v. The State, ante 218, and of Collier & Son v. Faulke & Martin, ante 58, construing sections 3474 and 3475 -of the present Code, the judgment of the Circuit Court must be reversed. And in as much as the facts disclosed fail to show that the defendant is guilty of any crime, either statutory or known to the common law, the cause will not be remanded, but an order will be entered here discharging him from further legal custody.

¶2Under the provisions of section 4355 of the Code, an indictment lies against one tenant in common of personal property for a fraudulent conversion of his co-tenant’s undivided interest. A growing crop of corn, however, is not personal property, and hence the section in question has no application to the facts of this case. — Harris v. The State, 60 Ala. 50.

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