Mingenback v. Howell

The parties will be referred to in the order of their appearance in the trial court.

E. C. Mingenback was the owner of three sections of land in Cimarron county, Oklahoma. He and co-defendant Paul Eisenbart, both residents of Kansas, were copartners in the operation of certain farm lands in Kansas and Oklahoma, including the above lands, and they owned a considerable amount of farm machinery.

Plaintiff Max Howell was a farmer. In February, 1946, the parties entered into an oral agreement whereby Howell and his wife were to farm the above mentioned lands. The testimony is in sharp conflict as to…