Mehl v. Norton

Peterson, Justice.

Action to recover a balance of rent claimed to be due under a lease, and damages caused by defendant’s breach of his covenant to surrender possession of the premises in good repair at the expiration of the term. Defendant counterclaimed for money expended for grain sowed on the farm during a period in which he held over after expiration of the term and for the reasonable value of labor performed in sowing the crop. The court below found for plaintiff on his cause of action in the sum of $165.60 and for defendant on his counterclaim in the sum of $160.25, upon the grounds…