Blake v. Counselman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Webster District Court. — Hon. N.B. Hyatt, Judge. The amount in controversy being less than one hundred dollars, the case is appealed by the defendant upon a certificate of the trial judge that it involves questions of law upon which the opinion of this court is desired. Judgment was rendered below in favor of the plaintiffs for seventy-two dollars and eighty cents and costs.
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, C. J.
I. The certificate of the trial judge is as follows: “It is desirable in the above-entitled cause that the following questions shall be passed upon by the supreme court of the state of Iowa upon the following undisputed facts as they appear on the trial: On or about the fifteenth day of March, 1891, the plaintiffs were the owners of a farm situated about two miles from the town of Callender, in Webster county, Iowa. Upon that date they rented to one Kollansrud, by a written lease, said premises for the term ending March 1,1892, with the rent reserved of two hundred and forty dollars,…
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