Rath v. Schoon
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Franklin District Court. — G. D. Thompson, Judge. Action to recover unpaid rent under a written farm lease. Defendants filed counterclaim for damages for failure of landlord to tile the land. Verdict of jury in favor of defendants. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDe Graff, J.
Plaintiff leased in writing to the defendants his farm of 320 acres, located in Franklin County, for a term of three, years, beginning March 1, 1916, at an agreed annual rental.
The issues of fact disclosed by-the pleadings are: (11 A claim by plaintiff for unpaid rent in the sum of $295, which is admitted by defendants. (2) Damages for failure of lessee *181to eradicate weeds and to haul out manure on tbe premises. (3) A denial by defendants of anything due plaintiff. (4) A counterclaim by defendants for failure of plaintiff to do the tiling which had been agreed upon by the parties. (51 A claim…
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