Cooper v. Cyr

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

Mrs. Cooper owned a farm prior to her death. She executed a will giving the life estate to her husband, and the remainder to her children. After the death of the owner and on May 10, 1930, the life tenant leased the land to Cyr for twelve months. Payment for the lease was one-third of the crops produced on the land. Cyr had been an undertenant for two or three years and had put out crops. During the months of September and October, 1930, Cyr sowed wheat upon the real estate so leased. On December 28, 1930, the life tenant died. The…