Holland Furnace Co. v. Keystone Dehydrating Co.

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

'This was an action of assumpsit for the use and occupation of land. The plaintiff averred that with its permission the defendant had, during the spring and summer of 1940, entered upon,.and used and occupied for farming purposes, a tract of 24.9 acres owned by plaintiff, on which the defendant had raised and harvested a crop of soy beans; that the reasonable value of said use and occupation was five dollars per acre, but that the defendant had paid nothing.

The defendant admitted the nse and occupation of the land, its harvesting of a crop of soy beans, and that it had…