Knox v. Hanson

SCHWAB, J. (Pro Tempore)

The plaintiffs, Horace and Barbara Knox, appeal from a decree interpreting share crop agreements they had entered into with defendants, H. M. and Fred Hanson. The principal parties are the plaintiff, Horace Knox, and the defendant, H. M. Hanson, and we hereafter refer to the parties in the singular.

Defendant Hanson owned a sheep ranch near Mitchell, Oregon, apparently worth in excess of $150,000. By virtue of a previous transaction involving Hanson, Knox and Knox’s father, Knox had ac quired an undivided interest in the real property the value of which had been fixed…