Baker v. Hansen

HALL, Chief Justice:

Plaintiffs brought this action to enforce an agistor’s lien on defendant’s cattle. 1 Defendant counterclaimed for damages alleging, inter alia, breach of contract. The district court entered judgment against defendant in the amount of $32,140, and dismissed the counterclaim. Defendant appeals.

Defendant Kenneth Hansen is a cattle rancher from Evanston, Wyoming. As a result of a severe drought in 1979, he was forced to locate new pasture for his herd of cattle. He entered into an oral agreement with plaintiff Walt Baker (hereinafter Baker), a cattle rancher from Kamas, Utah,…