Miller v. Havens

Trover for a quantity of wheat of the value of $284. Plea, general issue. One Smith went into possession of the defendant’s farm on the lirst day of May, 1879, under a written lease for the term of four years and -eleven months, paying an annual rent therefor on the first day of April in each year, subject to sale by Havens, and with the privilege of plaintiff to purchase at any time within twenty days after he should offer the same for sale, and in case defendant should decide to sell the farm, he could end the term in thirty days by giving a written notice to that effect to Smith. The lease…