Streblow v. Sylvester

Appellants occupied a farm belonging to appellee Adelia Streblow, as tenants, for several successive years, including 1921, paying an annual rental of $1,500: $500 March 1st, $500 September 1st, and $500 December 1st, in each year. This appeal is from a judgment in two actions, consolidated for the purpose of the trial: one for $200, claimed to be due as a balance on the rent for 1920, and one for $1,500, for 1921. Appellants admitted the tenancy for both years, and set up a joint plea of payment.

I. By way of amendment to their answer, appellants alleged that these actions were commenced as a…