Wright v. Couch

D. R. Couch and G. C. Forgus sued Rufus Wright and recovered judgment against him upon a promissory note, with foreclosure of a chattel mortgage lien upon certain live stock. The trial court sustained a general demurrer of the plaintiffs to a cross-action of the defendant, and the correctness of that action of the court is the only matter presented upon this appeal for our review and determination.

The allegations in the cross-action were briefly to the effect that, in the deal by which the defendant leased from plaintiffs 4½ sections of land (owned by Couch) adjoining lands owned by the…