Harman v. Franks

Joseph Franks sued D. B. Harman and Cora E. Harman on account of a joint adventure under the style of a “Sheep Raising Agreement,” which was in effect a lease covering 320 acres of land owned by Joseph Franks. The contract provided for the raising of lambs on a fifty-fifty basis and the raising of grains on a fifty-fifty basis. The contract is only important for the purposes of this opinion in the particular that it recognized Joseph Franks as the owner of the land; and also in the particular that it bears upon the rights of the parties as evidence of their intention with respect to other…