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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Busby v. Stimpson, 542 S.W.2d 551 (1976)

Citation
Busby v. Stimpson, 542 S.W.2d 551 (1976)
Parent Document
Busby v. Stimpson, 542 S.W.2d 551 (1976)
Jurisdiction
Missouri (state)
Effective Date
1976-10-12

Full Text

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year, and that year terminated in 1973. Plaintiff did plant and cultivate a crop in the 1972 growing season, mostly corn, but a few beans. The crop was harvested by the plaintiff in its entirety, the plaintiff having arranged with Burl Shelton to do so with an agreed price per bushel for the harvesting, drying and transport of the crops. In the early spring of 1973, Burl Shelton and plaintiff settled these accounts after some difficulty and dispute. It appears Ruth Stimpson had become ill in early 1972 and the dealings with respect to the land had been left to Burl Shelton; he both supervised the farm operation and settled for the crops. Not all of the farm was involved in the arrangements with the plaintiff, the house and improvements being rented to another person who also put up hay on a portion of the farm. Prior to the 1972 crop year, Ruth Stimpson had caused the land to be bulldozed and limed at her expense. The only improvement claimed to have been made by the plaintiff was the creation of a field entrance for which he obtained the permission of the highway department. Some of the land had not been farmed for fifty years, and plaintiff claimed that the planting and cultivation was made more difficult with the recent clearing of brush and trees and consequent roots and branches upon the ground. Plaintiff conceded the crop raised on the long-idle ground was a good one.