Mitchell v. Rende

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

Defendants Reuben Kraft and Agnes Kraft, husband and wife, were the owners of a quarter-section farm in Pope county, Minnesota. Reuben acted as agent for his wife in leasing and managing the farm, and they will be referred to herein as landlord. On March 14,1945, the landlord entered into a written lease of the land for the 1945 season with defendants Melvin Rende, Oscar Rende, and Adolph Rende, hereinafter called the tenants. The lease contained the following provision in the printed portion thereof: “each party is to pay one-half of the threshing-machine bill for…