Ash Creek State Bank v. Zwart

Taylor, C.

Tom DeKoster, a resident of Iowa, owned a farm of 160 acres in Rock county, Minnesota. In October, 1918, he leased the farm to Cornelius Zwart for a term of five years, being from March 1, 1919, to March 1, 1924, for a cash rental of $1,200 per year, payable $600 on October 1 and $600 on December 1 of each year. The sixth paragraph of the lease reads as follows:

*101“And the second party further covenants not to remove any of the grain raised on said premises during the term of said lease until the rent herein specified shall he fully paid, not to sell the same or any part thereof. And…