Timothy v. Hicks

This action in replevin was brought by appellants, as plaintiffs, against respondent, as defendant, to recover 32 acres of corn on the stalk on a farm owned b^ plaintiffs and located in Scotland County, Missouri. A trial before the court and a jury resulted in a directed verdict in favor of defendant upon which judgment in favor of defendant and against plaintiffs was rendered. Plaintiffs duly appealed.

Plaintiffs’ petition alleged that, on July 1, 1941, they were the owners and entitled to the possession of 32 acres of growing corn on the stalk on lands belonging to plaintiffs. The land was…