Bartmess v. Bernard

CUTRER, Judge.

This appeal concerns the amount of damages and attorney’s fees incurred by a lessee-farmer as a result of the wrongful issuance of a writ of sequestration of his soybeans by the lessor-landowner.

This is the second appeal of this suit to this court.1 The facts are set forth in the previous appeal but we shall briefly reiterate those facts which are pertinent to this appeal.

*529George R. Bartmess filed suit to recover land rent owed by Elton J. Bernard, Jr., d/b/a Bernard Enterprises, Inc. Bartmess caused a writ of sequestration to issue for the seizure of 44,340 bushels of soybeans…