Bowen v. Farrens

This is a replevin action brought by the plaintiff,, as mortgagee, against the defendants, as mortgagors, for possession of certain farm machinery, livestock, grain, and seed. The trial court directed a verdict for the plaintiff at the close of all the evidence, and the defendants appeal.

The defendants entered into a farm lease with the plaintiff on December 23, 1950, which provided that defendants were to farm certain lands of the plaintiff and raise livestock thereon on a “fifty-fifty” arrangement for the farm-lease year commencing March 1, 1951. The evidence shows that defendants were…