Stegemann v. Bendixen

Plaintiff, appellee, leased a farm to the defendant John M. Bendixen, appellant, for a period of five years beginning March 1, 1929, at a cash rental of $2,200 per year. On the first day of March, 1933, the defendant was $3,000 behind on his rent.

The defendant claims that during the summer of 1933 plaintiff agreed to reduce the rent for the year beginning March 1, 1933, from $8 to $5 an acre, or $1,400. The plaintiff denies making any such agreement, but admits telling the defendant that if he would then pay $2,000 in settlement of the past-due rent, he would reduce the rent to $1,400 for the…