Rowlands v. Voechting
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the county court of Waukesha county: M. S. Gp.iswold, Judge. This action was brought to recover the value of one half of certain crops which plaintiff claims belong to him under a lease made by him as tenant with the defendant as landlord. The defendant interposed a counterclaim, claiming that the plaintifE had not accounted for the crops or for the produce of the farm pursuant to the terms of the lease. The action was tried by the court.
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Appeal from a judgment of the county court of Waukesha county: M. S. Gp.iswold, Judge. This action was brought to recover the value of one half of certain crops which plaintiff claims belong to him under a lease made by him as tenant with the defendant as landlord. The defendant interposed a counterclaim, claiming that the plaintifE had not accounted for the crops or for the produce of the farm pursuant to the terms of the lease. The action was tried by the court. There was no material dispute concerning the principal facts. August 16, 1897, the defendant, by a written lease, rented to the…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
A number of questions are discussed by the counsel for the appellant in this case which we do not find it necessary to consider. In our judgment, there is really but one important question in this case, and that is the question of the construction of the lease. If, under the lease, the ten*355ant became tbe owner of tbe crops raised upon tbe farm, free from any lien tbereon in favor of tbe landlord, the recovery in this action must be sustained, regardless of any counterclaim, legal or equitable^ because the property was exempt property, and tbe exemption right is not to- be defeated or rendered…
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