Russell v. Keene

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

Appellee, R. E. Keene, a resident of Clarkton, Missouri, instituted suit against Lloyd Russell, appellant herein, a resident of Clay County, Arkansas, for the sum of $1,600.00 plus interest, alleging that appellant had threshed thirty-four acres of lespedeza, belonging to appellee, and had converted the seed to his own use. This suit ivas based upon the fact that Keene had allegedly entered into an oral agreement with the City Council of Gideon, Missouri, on November 10, 1960, to the effect that he (Keene) would keep clean the waste land adjacent to and…