Hough v. Stone

Amanda Stone, as plaintiff, brought an action in the court below against Frank S. 'Hough, as defendant, for breach of a contract of lease on certain farming property. This contract of lease was in the nature of a cropping arrangement covering about 145 acres of land, and provided that the plaintiff should perform all labor pertaining to the planting, caring for, and harvesting of the crops, and that the same should be divided equally when harvested. Among other provisions, it contained one with reference to a crop of onions, which reads as follows:

“It is agreed that from 30 to 50 acres shall…