First National Bank of Harvey v. Woodworth Elevator Co.

JOHNSON, J•

This is an action to recover the value of a quantity of grain, alleged to have been converted by the defendant, on which plaintiff’s assignor had a thresher’s lien. The case was tried to the court without a jury.

During the season of 1920 one Eawle farmed some land in Wells county on vdiich he raised about 1600 bushels of wheat and 800 bushels of oats. The land belonged to men named Anderson and Elauer. Eawle farmed no other land. In the fall of that year one Fisher threshed the grain for Eawle for the agreed compensation of $32 per hour; Fisher under his contract became entitled to…