Degnan v. Young Bros. Cattle Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This is an action to recover damages for breach of an oral contract for the pasture of cattle. Judgment was for the plaintiff. Defendant appeals.

*251•The amended petition, upon which the case was tried, alleged that defendant,- a Missouri corporation, owned a ranch of about 15,000 acres in Clark county; that one Charles Chadwick for several years had been the manager thereof and was defendant’s duly authorized agent in all matters pertaining to its management and operation; that one part of this ranch consisted of 2,200 acres of pasture, known as…