Loader v. Bank of Idana

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one to enforce an agistor’s lien upon live stock appropriated by a chattel mortgagee. The plaintiffs were defeated, and appeal.

The Loaders owned a farm of 240 acres, which they leased to May for the years 1919, 1920, and 1921. The lease for the first year was oral, and May agreed to pay $300 for the pasture. The leases for 1920 and 1921 were in writing. Each one reserved the pasture to the lessors, but they agreed to pasture the tenant’s stock at the customary price per head, and were to have a lien for payment of the sums due.…