Johnson v. Desmarais
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action in general and special assumpsit for the recovery of an alleged claim for balance of rent due for use of a farm, and damages for not operating said farm in a husbandlike manner according to the terms of a written lease. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury in Rutland City Court, Rutland County, George M. Goddard, Judge of City Court.
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Action in general and special assumpsit for the recovery of an alleged claim for balance of rent due for use of a farm, and damages for not operating said farm in a husbandlike manner according to the terms of a written lease. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury in Rutland City Court, Rutland County, George M. Goddard, Judge of City Court. At the close of plaintiffs’ evidence the Court directed a verdict for the plaintiffs on the question of liability, and submitted to the jury the assessment of damages. The' defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
This controversy grows out of a farm lease. Under date of March 10, 1917, the parties executed a written agreement by the terms of which the plaintiffs leased to the defendant certain land and buildings for the term of one year from April 1, 1917, with the right in the defendant to renew the lease for a further period of two years upon the notice therein provided. The defendant agreed to pay as rent “the annual sum of one hundred sixty-two dollars, as follows: Fifty-four dollars on July 1st, 1917; fifty-four dollars on October 31st, 1917; and fifty-four dollars on January 1st, 1918”. The…
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