McWharf v. Webber

The plaintiffs and the defendant entered into a contract under which the plaintiffs agreed to work the defendant’s farm on shares for one year. The complaint alleged that before *348the expiration of the year the defendant breached the contract and prevented the plaintiffs from going on with the work, and by his conduct forced them to remove from the farm. The answer is in substance a general denial. It also alleges that the plaintiffs breached the contract and sets up a counterclaim for damages therefor.

The jury found a verdict for the full amount which the plaintiffs finally demanded upon the…