Ladd v. Brown

Tbe defendant leased a farm in Norvell township, Jackson county, of one George Ladd, under an agreement to pay 5 per cent, of the valuation as annual rental. After some years of occupancy by defendant, George Ladd died, in May, 1887, leaving as his heirs at law the plaintiff and one Alice M. Ladd, a minor child of *138another son. The defendant was appointed administrator of the estate of George Ladd, and continued to occupy the premises in 1887 and 1888. In rendering his account as administrator, he accounted for the rental of the farm, and charged himself 8280. This sum was fixed by the probate…