Tracy v. Thun

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, for $550 alleged to be due as rental for unimproved tillable farm lands. The plaintiff let to the defendant for farming purposes, for a period of four years, the tillable land situate on a 170-acre tract, for the agreed rental of $600 per year, $300 to be paid on or before May 1st, and $300 on or before November 1st, of each year. The lease by its terms terminated on October 1, 1927. The defendant cropped the farm lands and paid his rent for the years 1924 and 1925, but defaulted in 1926.

The cause was tried to the court without a…