Guthrie v. Hagen

Plaintiff appeals from an order denying a new trial.

The suit was for the balance of the cash rent defendants had agreed to pay for a year’s lease of plaintiff’s farm. The answer averred larger payments than conceded in the complaint and also alleged that plaintiff re-entered on the leased premises before the crops were harvested and, with the consent of defendants, took and assumed control of such crops, specifying the amount and value, but did not credit defendants therewith. The value of the crops so taken was alleged to exceed the balance due on the rent. The reply was a general denial.…