Will v. Hughes

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

Defendants, a brother and sister, appeal from a judgment rendered against each of them for actual and punitive, damages in an action instituted by a tenant of farm land.

The amended petition of Marvin Will, in substance, alleged: He was a tenant under an oral lease from August, 1947, to August, 1949, of a forty-acre tract of land in Morris county which was rented by the owner, Margaret Hughes; on or about July 5, 1949, James Hughes, a duly authorized agent of the defendant, Margaret Hughes, wrongfully entered, broke in upon and interrupted…