Packer v. Cockayne
Supreme Court of Iowa
Error to Des Moines District Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Greene, J.
This action was commenced before a justice of the peace by Cockayne to recover rent for the use of farming land. Tie obtained judgment before ‘the justice, and also in the district court.
On the trial in that court the iplaintiff introduced in evidence a lease which stipulated in substance that Cockayne leased to Packer about twenty Jive acres of land for the term of six years, that Packer should build a good fence on three sides of the land; that he should have the whole of the crop *112the first year, and give Cockayne one-third of the crop in a crib or stack each year…
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