Romberg v. Hughes

In August, 1882, Ludwig and Franze Herse rented the farm of the plaintiff for four years, commencing on the 1st day of November, 1882. The terms were that the plaintiff should “furnish one-half of all seed and one-half of all *580machines,” and be liable for oDe-half of the personal property tax and to receive one-half of all the grain raised on the farm, one-half of the increase of live stock, etc. The testimony shows that the plaintiff had two brothers in the neighborhood where he resided, and some or all of them had employed th'e Herses, for some time prior to the execution of the lease, to…