Chariton Feed and Grain, Inc. v. Harder

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

We granted further review in this appeal to determine whether trial court erred in holding a landlord under the usual stock-share lease liable to a livestock feed supplier on the theories of partnership, agency and unjust enrichment. The court of appeals split three to three, hence the trial court’s decision stood affirmed by operation of law. We vacate the court of appeals disposition and reverse the district court judgment.

Most of the facts developed at trial were undisputed. Defendant Isaac Harder, employed as an engineer in a Texas aircraft factory, purchased a…