Pioneer Loan & Land Co. v. Cowden
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Marshall county to recover $317.82 for conversion of certain crops and for an accounting. Defendants’ demurrer to the complaint was overruled. The case was tried before Grin deland, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff for $272.78. From an order denying tlieir motion for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
On May 14, 1912, defendant Joseph 1. Cowden was the owner of a half section of land in Polk county, Minnesota. On that day defendants, husband and wife, entered into an executory written contract to sell the land to plaintiff. A small amount was paid down, the balance to be paid in annual instalments. The land was then in possession of a tenant under a written lease. The lease provided that the owner should receive one-quarter of the crop; that he should give the tenant three-quarters thereof; that he should pay one-quarter of the threshing bill, and that on November 1 of each year he should…
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