Hetfield v. Lawton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, John D. Lawton, from a judgment of the County Court of Schuyler county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Schuyler on the 3d day of April, 1905, upon the decision of the court affirming a judgment of a justice of the peace of the town of Reading entered on the 9th day of November, 1904.
1Opinion of the Court
The following -is the opinion of the county judge:
Keeler, J.:
The contention is over a crop of rye, which was sown by the defendant bn the land of Mrs'. Jane Lee in the town of Leading and harvested by the defendant.
Mrs. Lee made a written lease of the land (sixty-four acres), to the defendant, dated March 14, 1901, and the. defendant entered into possession under 'the lease on the 1st day of April, 1901. The defendant’s term, as provided in the lease, was : “ For the term of one year from the first day of April, A. D., 1901, with the- privilege of continuing the same-from year to year So long…
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