Brown v. Parsons
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Washtenaw Circuit. This was an action of replevin brought by Lucina B. Parsons in the Circuit Court for the County of Washtenaw, against Gilbert M. Brown for a quantity of wheat in stacks, which had been sown by defendant upon premises leased by the plaintiff to the defendant, during the term, but harvested after its expiration.
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Error to Washtenaw Circuit. This was an action of replevin brought by Lucina B. Parsons in the Circuit Court for the County of Washtenaw, against Gilbert M. Brown for a quantity of wheat in stacks, which had been sown by defendant upon premises leased by the plaintiff to the defendant, during the term, but harvested after its expiration. Upon the trial, the lease was offered in evidence, and is as follows: “It is hereby agreed between Oliver S. Parsons and Lucina B. Parsons, parties of the first part, and Gilbert M» Brown, party of the second part, as follows: The said parties of the first…
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
A number of questions are raised by the record in this case, but all the others are rendered unimportant by the view we take of the one raised upon the construction of of the lease under which Brown claimed the wheat which was the subject matter of litigation.
The, lease bore date March 27, 1866, and by it Mrs. Parsons leased to Brown a certain farm of eighty acres, for the annual rent of one hundred and fifty dollars, “said Brown to have the privilege to keep and harvest all the crops (in case the land is sold), which he may have put in, and have either pay for what work he may do in…
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