Opinion ID: 2172972
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Farm Operation Evidence

Text: Mrs. Eck asserts that the district court erred in refusing to admit certain evidence relating to the income and expenses of her farming operation. The offered evidence was in the form of an exhibit which purported to show farm income and expenses for the years 1977 through 1980. The City objected to the introduction of this evidence on the following grounds: If the Court please, we object to exhibit 13, which purports to be statements of farm income and expenses for the years 1977, `78, `79, and `80 for the reason that there is no foundation, hearsay, irrelevant. I would point out in connection with the objection that it purports to cover only the operation of the southwest quarter of six, and it appears from the testimony in the record at this time that this is an attempt to segregate only a portion of a total farm operation. The evidence indicates that she owns the whole south half of six, as well as rented land. It also purports to segregate only part of the farm operations, to-wit: the cropping and ignores any raising of cattle which the record shows. Further on the grounds that the testimony at this time shows that she is even the farming operation on part of the total operation is being conducted by a son. There is no foundation to show anything about their relation shares or things or what portion this is, and so we would on that basis object to 13. In sustaining the city's objection, the district court made the following statement: Mr. Zuger's objection went to the fact that it covers one quarter out of what the Court knows apparently to be at least roughly a half section with outside matters included of a farming operation. That is how the objection ran, plus it doesn't reflect your son's income even off of this particular quarter or anything else. We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to admit this exhibit because it failed to provide financial data reflecting the entire farm operation.