Abeel v. Hubbell

Abeel brought summary proceedings to *38remove defendants from lands leased to them by his father, James Abeel. The claim of complainant was that they held over wrongfully after the lease was determined. He prevailed before the magistrate, but the circuit court of St. Clair county, on appeal, held he made out no case.

The lease was by its terms to run from April, 1879, to April, 1882. The rent for the whole term was $810, not payable at any fixed rate per year, but in fixed instalments, not all equal. The whole farm contained M2 acres, and some restrictions were made as to the parts of the land…