Backus v. West

This is an action for the conversion of personal property. The genesis of the transaction out of which this dispute arises was a lease dated June 30, 1916, from the defendants to the plaintiff and his brother, the latter of whom without dispute assigned his share of the lease to the plaintiff. The lease included about 852 acres of land in Columbia County, together with cattle^ horses, hogs and farming implements thereon, the place being a well-stocked dairy farm.

Concerning the rent, the contract contained this provision:

“That the said parties of the second part will paw the parties of the…