Harvey, Wolff & Co. v. Miles

Appellee owned a farm near Aledo, in Mercer county, and rented the same to James II. Gibson in 1876, and went to Nebraska; Gibson was also his tenant in 1877 and 1878. Appellants purchased from Gibson the oats and corn raised on the farm in the year 1878, and paid him the money therefor; and this action is brought to recover the price and value of the crop of oats and corn of 1878 raiséd by James H. Gibson, as tenant of appellee, and sold to appellants. There is no controversy as to the grain being raised on appellee’s land, nor to his having the usual lien thereon as landlord up to a certain…