Kelly v. Arave

TAYLOR, J.-

— Plaintiff instituted this action to recover the sum of $500 and interest, alleged to be the agreed rental of certain pasture land leased to defendant in November, 1919, for a term extending from that time until the following April. At the trial, plaintiff introduced evidence tending to prove that he sold the pasture to Earl Arave, defendant’s son, as the agent of defendant. The defendant admitted the purchase by Earl Arave, but denied that he was acting as defendant’s agent, and introduced evidence tending to prove that Earl Arave, with two others, was in business for himself;…