Gage v. G. W. Van Dusen & Co.

Action for the conversion of 187 bushels of flax in which plaintiff had judgment. Defendant appeals. The record shows that, previous to judgment, defendant’s motion for amended findings or a new trial was denied.

The undisputed facts are these: Plaintiff owned a 820-acre farm in Yellow Medicine county which he let to one Christ Christianson for the year 1919, the rent to be $1,600. The lease was in writing and contained a clause mortgaging the crops raised to pay the rent. Two promissory notes, each for $800, were executed by the tenant to evidence the rent and the terms of payment. The one…