Cottonwood Elevator Co. v. Zenner

DONALDSON, Chief Justice.

The defendants, Joseph and Dorothy Zenner, are farmers in Lewis County, Idaho. In the spring of 1975 the Zenners planted spring wheat and reaped approximately 10,-000 bushels of spring wheat from this planting. The spring wheat was placed in stor*470age on the Zenner farm, as was winter wheat that had been harvested a few weeks before the spring wheat.

In February, 1976, Mr. Zenner had a portion of the wheat cleaned, processed and treated with chemicals for use as spring wheat seed. Meanwhile, demand for spring wheat was unusually high due to the severe weather conditions…