First National Realty & Loan Co. v. Mason

Plaintiffs, as the owners of a 221 acre farm, sued for waste committed thereon by defendant while he was a tenant under a lease for a term of years. The waste was alleg’ed to have been wantonly committed.

*39Section 7913, Revised Statutes 1909, subjects any tenant for life or years to a civil action for waste of anything belonging to the tenement so held, without special license in writing so to do. Section 7920, Revised Statutes 1909, authorizes a judgment for treble damages if the jury find the waste was wantonly committed. The jury returned a verdict for $300 but did not state in their verdict…