Millard v. Lyons
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tlie Circuit Court for Fond du Lao County. This appears to Pare been an action by tlie lessee of a farm against Ms landlord, to recover a balance of accounts ;* and tlie defendant appealed from a judgment against Mm.
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
We see no error in the rulings of tlie court in regard to the admission or exclusion of evidence. The evidence offered on the part of the defendant, for the purpose of showing that the plaintiff agreed to build the fences he claimed pay for, was clearly inadmissible. It tended to vary and contradict the written agreement. The parties had entered into a written lease, which states, with much prolixity and minuteness of detail, the terms and conditions upon which the plaintiff was to occupy and work the defendant’s farm. The evidence offered tended to vary and add to the conditions in this…
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