Tanton v. Martin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

In this action plaintiff sought to recover $200 from defendants as cash rent for the use of a house in accordance with the terms of a lease to which defendants’ names were signed. The defendants answered admitting the signing of the lease but alleging that they orally agreed with plaintiff’s agent to lease plaintiff’s farm for a year and pay as rent two-*23fifths of the grain raised on the farm, and also $60 for the use of grass lands, and that plaintiff’s agent proposed that' he should reduce the agreement to the form of a written lease…