Williams v. Rogers
Michigan Supreme Court
Assumpsit by John B. Williams against Eli B. Rogers upon claims growing out of an agreement for working defendant’s farm on shares. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
Plaintiff recovered a judgment on a claim of balance due arising out of transactions between the parties while plaintiff was an occupant of defendant’s farm. Testimony on the part of the plaintiff tended to show that he entered into possession of the defendant’s farm on the 27th of January, 1891, and continued to occupy it until March, 1892; that when he went into possession he expécted to make a lease at once, upon terms which had been substantially agreed upon, but not reduced to writing, but that, after moving upon the farm, the defendant suggested that the lease be made to commence March…
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