Steele v. Currie

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

Plaintiffs brought this action for damages for being wrongfully evicted from a farm through a writ of assistance illegally procured from the clerk of the district court of Woodson county at. the instigation of defendant and her attorneys.

Plaintiffs alleged that they were lawfully in possession of defendant’s 150-acre farm in Woodson county for the crop year of 1927 under a contract of lease expiring March 1,1928. By its terms plaintiffs agreed to pay $60 and the taxes on the farm for 1926. Plaintiffs alleged that they had paid the $60 and…