Shay v. Bevis Rock Salt Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

The point in dispute herein is the validity of a lease executed on December 11, 1889, by David Ahlberg to the Lyons Rock Salt Company, giving the exclusive right to take salt from a tract of land that constituted a rural homestead. Mrs. Ahlberg, who occupied the land with her husband, did not sign the lease; and when told of it, about the time of its execution, remarked that it was wrong to sign things without her consent. The salt company acquired the right to mine salt under adjoining lands, and in May, 1890, began operations by…