Cappuccio v. Tufts

WARMER, J., pro tem.

This is an action by which a tenant seeks to recover damages for eviction by the landlord. The facts are as follows:

May 1, 1925, the plaintiff herein entered into a lease for an orange and lemon grove consisting of 28 acres, approximately one-half oranges and one-half lemons. The term of said lease was five years; the rental provided for in said lease was one-half of the crop; the tenant agreed to cultivate, irrigate, prune, etc., the trees in said grove and to pick the crop and deliver to the landlord his portion of the fruit on the premises or at the railroad station or…