Lee v. Lee

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the district court of Ransom county, dismissing an action brought to foreclose a farm laborer’s lien. The facts are as follows: During the season of 1921 the plaintiff was employed by the defendant, Hiram Lee, his brother, to work upon his farm at an agreed compensation of $100 a month, which, it is alleged, was reasonable wages, and did not exceed the usual charge for the same kind of work in the locality. The defendant Reed was the owner of the land upon which the crop was raised.

Upon the trial it was shown that the compensation agreed to be…