Lamb v. Lemon

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Mrs. Esther Blaney, the nonresident owner of a farm, leased it to O. A. Lemon for one-third of the grain raised, for a period of five years ending August 15, 1911. Lemon continued in the occupancy of the place for two years longer, becoming a tenant from year to year. In the fall of 1913 he turned the land over to A. W. Lamb, who paid him $175 on account of the plowing that had been done, and some fencing and straw. Lamb sowed wheat that year and the next, delivering the landlord’s share of the crop to Lemon, who sold it, paid the taxes out…