Dannefer v. Aurand

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action to recover for the alleged conversion of a crop of wheat, in which judgment was given for defendants, and from which plaintiffs appeal.

A tract of land was sold by W. B. Angle to Henry Aurand in October, 1917, through the agency of the plaintiffs, Dannefer and Stofer. . The tract was then occupied by a tenant, who had already planted a crop of wheat, and in the contract of sale a stipulation was included permitting the grantee to settle with the tenant for the growing wheat, and if he did so, a deduction from the…