Bowles v. Creason

On December 9, 1935, plaintiff and one Robert E. Benner were residing on a tract of land which they had leased from defendant Leona Creason some three or four months prior thereto. At the same time they were in possession of a team of horses which had been turned over to them by Mrs. Creason, at the time she leased the premises, to care for and feed until she made some other disposition thereof. Defendant Percy A. Webb, at the time, was sheriff of Douglas county and in control of the county jail and in charge of the prisoners therein. Defendant Clifford Thorton was his duly appointed deputy,…