Johnson v. Merrick
Johnson v. Merrick
Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from order setting aside a verdict and judgment for $185. The record contains a mass of needless stuff, and the writer gives no credit to either counsel for the way in which the trial was conducted.
The plaintiff avers that during the year 1914 he farmed a tract of land in town 155 of range 62, under a cropping contract with defendant. That he produced thereon: Wheat, 1,008 bushels; flax, 210 bushels; oats, 275 bushels; that he cut and put in stack 55 tons of hay; that by the terms of the contract the plaintiff was to furnish the seed grain and to do all the work and to have three fourths of the crop; that the value of the crop produced amounted to $2,109. That in October, 1914, the defendant wrongfully took, sold, and converted to his own ■vise all of the crops. The answer admits the taking and conversion of the crops, and admits that he received from the grain taken and sold $1,142.97; and it appears that he sold the hay and received for it $184.50. The answer also avers that in April, 1915, in an action in the district court of Ramsey county, between the same parties, a judgment was entered that Merrick was entitled to the possession of the hay and grain produced on the premises in 1914, but an examination of the judgment roll does not sustain the plea of a former adjudication. It shows merely an in junctional suit to restrain Johnson from interfering with the possession of Kendall, as lessee of Merrick. The relief demanded was that the plaintiff be restrained from interfering with Merrick or his assignee and from taking the hay on the premises. The judgment was that by the terms of the lease Merrick was entitled to the possession of the real estate, the grain, and the hay. The judgment is manifestly erroneous, if not void, in attempting to dispossess Johnson by an in junctional procedure (which is not a legal or proper
Concurring Opinion
(concurring specially). I concur in the conclusion reached in the opinion prepared by Mr. Justice Eobinson. I agree that the judgment in thé injunctional action is not res judicata in this case. The question involved in that case was the right of pos
I also agree that there was an issue for the jury as to the amount, if any, due to the plaintiff. Therefore, judgment notwithstanding the verdict should not have been ordered, and the judgment rendered upon the verdict should be reinstated.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- B. G. JOHNSON v. FRED E. MERRICK
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- Published