Westing v. Marlatt

We shall herein refer to plaintiff in error as landlord, and to defendant in error as tenant.

Stripped of all nonessentials, the questions presented in these consolidated cases are: 1. Is the tenant entitled to $180.58 awarded him by the jury? 2. Is the tenant entitled to two-thirds of the money received for the crop planted in the year 1949 on the premises leased by him from the landlord? A third question was presented in the trial court and resolved adversely to the tenant, viz., was the tenant’s lease orally extended for the farm year 1950? The last inquiry no longer is important, since the…