Walker v. Paulson
Walker v. Paulson
Opinion of the Court
This action arises on one of those long, bard, cutthroat cropping contracts, reserving to tbe landowner tbe title to the crops until the producer complies with numerous conditions. In tbe ■summer' of 1915 tbe plaintiff farmed certain land, producing wheat, ■2,957 bushels, barley, 533 bushels, oats, 2,010 bushels. The defendant took and sold tbe plaintiff’s share of tbe wheat and barley and left him to recover for bis summer’s work and expense at tbe end of a long and vexatious action. He appeals from a verdict and judgment •against him for $545.92 and the costs. In tbe record it is stipulated that tbe instructions given by tbe court to tbe jury correctly stated the law of tbe case and the figures in dispute.
After the time for appeal bad expired, defendant moved for a new trial and caused a statement of tbe case to be settled, against objections that it was too late. In the absence of good cause shown to extend tbe time for settling the statement of the case, the statute limits tbe time to sixty days, and in this case there was no cause shown for any extension. Tbe record shows no error. Tbe judgment is coneededly regu
The judgment is affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- DAVE WALKER v. J. H. PAULSON
- Status
- Published