Daugherty v. Burns

Plaintiff, Joseph O. Daugherty, Sr., is the tenant farmer under oral crop-share leases on three tracts of land in Piatt and Douglas Counties. He is also a joint owner of all three tracts, owning less than a majority interest in each. Defendants Mary Burns and James Daugherty, plaintiffs sister and brother, are joint owners with plaintiff of all three tracts. Their mother’s sister, defendant Helen Short, is a joint owner with them of one tract. Their father’s sister, Grace Dye, who is not a party to this action, is a joint owner with them of another tract. On October 22, 1999, defendants…