L. L. Cole & Son, Inc. v. Hickman

Richard B. Adkisson, Chief Justice.

Appellant, L. L. Cole 8c Son, Inc. leased two rice fields to appellee, Rickey Hickman, for the 1980 crop year. Appellee filed suit alleging in his complaint that during the term of the lease, appellant, Richard L. Cole, acting both individually and on behalf of L. L. Cole 8¿ Son, Inc., deliberately and maliciously (1) evicted Hickman from ricefield #1; (2) removed the keys from a diesel engine used to irrigate rice field #2 causing 90% damage to the rice crop because of lack of water; and (3) “pursued a course of conduct which was designed to, and did,…