Clark v. Cargill Elevator Co.

Taylor, C.

This action grows out of a dispute as to whether a quantity of wheat raised by plaintiff on the farm of the intervener under a cropping contract belonged to plaintiff or the intervener. The defendant paid the value of the wheat into court and the contest is solely between the plaintiff and the intervener. The court directed a verdict for the intervener and plaintiff appealed from an order denying a new trial.

The contract, with one exception, is similar to the cropping contracts considered in several previous cases- It provided that plaintiff should farm the land, harvest and secure…