Heaton v. Smith

In January, 1922, the plaintiff leased to the defendants for the period of five years a certain tract of farm land, located in eastern Washington. Those portions of the lease with which we are particularly interested in this case are:

“All work necessary to carry out the terms of this lease shall be done in first-class farmerlike manner and in proper season therefor at the expense of the tenant. . . . The tenant shall pull or cut and burn all thistles, mustard, wild parsnip and other noxious weeds before going to seed and shall clean and keep clean of brush and weeds all fence rows, corners…