Watts v. Farmers National Co.

Plaintiffs were common owners of 139 acres of unimproved land in Webster County. Defendant Sidney J. Danielson owned an adjoining tract containing 96.7 acres, which had farm buildings on it. For a number of years the two pieces had been rented and worked as one farm. This had been accomplished by plaintiffs leasing their 139 acres to Danielson who in turn rented it to the actual farm tenant.

In 1961 Danielson hired defendant Farmers National Company, a farm managing concern, to lease the farm to new tenants, look after accounting and see that correct cropping practices were followed. By…