Shappert v. Roettger

The defendant, Richard Roettger, appeals from an interlocutory judgment order which denied his motion to dissolve a preliminary injunction prohibiting the sale of shared crops. He contends that the plaintiff did not establish a right to the issuance of tire injunction order and that the order therefore may not be a proper basis for a finding of contempt.

The plaintiff, Frederick W. Shappert, was the owner of a large farm property which he leased to the defendant under a share-crop lease. On August 9, 1973, Shappert filed a verified complaint in two counts. In Count I plaintiff alleged that…