Case Name: The Missouri Valley Life Insurance Co. and E. R. C. Harris v. Bennet R. Kiehl, Sheriff, &c.
Court: Kansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Kansas
Decision Date: 1881-01
Citations: 25 Kan. 390
Docket Number: 
Parties: The Missouri Valley Life Insurance Co. and E. R. C. Harris v. Bennet R. Kiehl, Sheriff, &c.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kansas Reports
Volume: 25
Pages: 390–390

Head Matter:
The Missouri Valley Life Insurance Co. and E. R. C. Harris v. Bennet R. Kiehl, Sheriff, &c.
. ACTION brought in the Davis district court by the Missouri Valley Life Insurance Co. against Kiehl, sheriff of that county, and five others, to recover damages for certain wheat and rye cut and taken from the land of plaintiff. Trial at the May Term, 1876, of the district court, and judgment for the defendants. The plaintiff brings the ease here.
T. A. Hurd, for plaintiff in error.
McClure & Humphrey, for defendants in error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The principal question to be decided in this case, as is shown by the record and admitted by counsel, is: Who owns the annual crops growing on land under the following circumstances? A judgment and decree of foreclosure are rendered against the owner of the land, on a note and mortgage. Afterward, the owner sows wheat and rye upon the land. Afterward, an order of sale is issued, and the land is sold, and the sale confirmed., and a sheriff's deed is execute!! to the purchaser, who immediately takes possession of the property. Afterward, the crops mature, and are ready to be harvested.
Under such circumstances, we think the crops belong to the purchaser. This question has already been decided in this court, in the case of Smith v. Hague, ante, p. 246. The judgment of the court below in this case will therefore, upon the authority of the above decision, be reversed, and the cause remanded for a new trial.