Walker v. Eckhardt

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hopkins, J.:

The action was one to recover damages for breach of a pasturage contract. The plaintiff, who lived in Pawhuska, Olda., was extensively engaged in the cattle business. The defendant, who lived in Viroqua, Wis., owned what was known as the Ohio ranch, sixteen miles east of Arkansas City, in Cowley county. H. H. Rice represented the plaintiff in certain negotiations for the rental of the Ohio ranch for the summer season of 1923. His father, H. J. Rice, had for some years previous had charge of the Ohio ranch for the defendant. The questions…