Stoltze Land Co. v. Westberg

MR. COMMISSIONER AYERS

prepared the opinion for the court.

On July 14, 1904, defendant by a written contract leased from John E. Lewis a tract of land for a sawmill site, in Flathead county, for a term of ten years, at the annual rental of $100, payable semi-annually on the first day of January and July. The lease was recorded July 20, 1910. After the expiration of the term, defendant continued to occupy the lands for the same- purpose, and paid therefor the same amount, and in the same way as provided in the lease, until the calendar year 1916, when he paid an annual rental of $150, which…