Watson v. Barnard

THE HONORABLE ROBERT C. SYKES, District Judge, sitting in place of MR. JUSTICE BONNER,

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The subject matter of this action is a tract of land known as Werginz Meadows, approximately 1,820 acres purchased by plaintiff Watson and defendant Barnard in 1951. Plaintiff *77had leased same and lived on it since 1943 and used it as the base of a cattle operation in the South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District. At the time of purchase (each paying equal amounts) plaintiff continued to live on the tract and continued his cattle operation and made the same payment…