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T H >i K.UKAL. NEW-YORKER 
LEGAL QUESTIONS. 
Payment of Rental. 
If A leases a house and lot from B, 
and B sells the property to C, can C 
collect rental by law from A without an 
order from B; would A be compelled to 
pay to any other party but B without 
any further agreement? g. c. l. 
Pennsylvania. 
The lease is of course between A and 
B, and A would pay the rent to C at 
his peril until he is convinced that the 
title and rights of B under the lease 
have been assigned to C. If C wishes 
to collect the rent, he should get a notice 
from B to A that the lease has been 
transferred and authorizing A to pay the 
rent to C. 
Ownership of Security for Notes. 
Under the laws of Connecticut, does 
the failure to pay interest when due on 
it promissory note, secured by a deed, 
make the deed in force and valid at once, 
or is it necessary to bring suit first or 
wait till maturity of note? n. j. p. 
Connecticut. 
There is generally some agreement 
made between the parties at the time of 
the making of the note as to the disposi¬ 
tion of the security on default in pay¬ 
ment of principal or interest. In the 
absence of such an agreement the title 
to the property covered by the deed would 
pass only after default in the payment 
of the note. It is taken for granted that 
the deed is in possession of the holder 
<>f the note and, presumably, all it would 
be necessary for him to do on the default 
in the payment would be to place the 
deed on record. 
Contract for Services for Year. 
A hires out to B on a farm for one 
year. Verbal contract before a witness 
to this effect, wages $37 per month, cow 
kept, use of driving horse, use of a team 
to haul his coal. B dies. Entire estate 
is left to two heirs, who decide to quit 
farming and are about to have an auction 
sale of chattels. Heirs wish to dispose 
of A, who has still five months to serve 
on contract. The remaining five months 
are of little use to A as there is little 
work to be had in Winter here. After 
sale A will be deprived of use of driving 
horse, team to haul his coal and of his 
cow feed and possibly wages. What pro¬ 
cedure would you advise A to make? 
Ohio. w. M. M. 
It is well to bear in mind that practi¬ 
cally every State has what is termed a 
“Statute of Frauds” which among other 
things provides that certain agreements 
must be in writing and if not in writing 
no action can be brought on them. It 
includes “an agreement that is not to be 
performed within one year from the mak¬ 
ing thereof.” This statute has been so 
universally enacted as a means of pre¬ 
venting fraud and perjury by requiring, 
as a matter of evidence, written evi¬ 
dence as distinguished from oral evidence, 
in the cases included within the statute. 
Take your case, for instance, how easy 
it would be if you wished to be dishonest 
and this statute was not in the way, for 
you to say that you had an oral agree¬ 
ment with B to work for him for six 
years. Now B is dead and nothing to 
disprove your statement. Therefore the 
statute that all these agreements must be 
in writing. If your agreement with B 
could not be performed within a year 
from the time it was made it was unen¬ 
forceable against B. and is unenforceable 
against his heirs. You may recover for 
the work you have done. You should 
have a full and frank discussion of the 
situation with B’s heirs and tell them 
just the situation in which you are 
placed. They are at least morally bound 
to do something for you, although, 
legally, your contract may be unenforce¬ 
able. If the contract was for less than 
a year it may be enforced against B’s 
heirs, and you should put your claim for 
damages in against the estate. 
Breaking a Lease. 
I am leasing a farm of 04 acres for 
two years; this is my first year, begin¬ 
ning March 1, 1014. Owner of farm 
owns all stock, four calves, eight cows, 
two horses, two pigs and 12 hens. They 
sold one cow and one calf on April 13, 
iiich they agreed to replace in 
1 - according to our lease, but have 
(mm it. They are to keep open all 
•i*aiu ditches on the farm, but have not 
'lone so. I am to pay $250 on September 
1. of which I have id $110 to date, the 
balance being $140. I told him I would 
pay the balance by the last of October 
or as soon as my crops were sold, but 
he says he would have to declare the 
lease void. I would like to know what to 
do. Please advise me. The fences are 
poor and the cows have destroyed seven 
acres of my corn_ and some of my neigh¬ 
bor’s, for which 1 paid $10 to my neigh¬ 
bor for damages. G. t. 
New York. 
In the first place, if the lessee threat¬ 
ens to break the lease, pay him no more 
rent under the lease till the matter is 
straightened out. Then write him, keep¬ 
ing a copy of the letter, that you will 
continue with the payments as soon as he 
complies with the terms of the lease in 
egard to keeping the number of cattle 
• nd in keeping the ditches open, and 
that he and not you has broken the 
lease. The condition of the fence you 
should have looked to before making the 
lease. It is not mentioned therein, and 
you will probably have to stand the loss. 
It will be a good thing, however, to men¬ 
tion the matter in your letter. M. D. 
NEW ENGLAND MILK NOTES. 
With the coming of February begins 
the low price for Boston milk. This 
month and next it nets two or more cents 
per can less than the past four months, 
and conditions at present time of cost 
of grain and other feeds most producers 
will operate at no profit surely, and 
probably in many cases at a loss the re¬ 
mainder of the Winter. 
The new outbreak of foot and mouth 
disease at the Worcester Insane State 
Hospital will not help matters any, in 
fact is apt to put things all in the air 
again, as the quarantine had just been 
declared off in most sections of the State 
and United States inspectors have been 
going about examining herds in such sec¬ 
tions as were considered within danger¬ 
ous distance of any previous cases. This 
Worcester herd is composed of purebred 
Holsteins, valued at $30,000, and while 
only seven have been found with the 
disease so far, it is stated the whole 
bunch will be killed. While it may be 
considered lucky that the State instead 
of a private owner will suffer, yet many 
of the latter will quake in their shoes, 
as this case occurred when it was 
thought all danger was past. No out¬ 
siders had been allowed on the premises 
and no one has any idea of how it hap¬ 
pened at this time, or what caused the 
new outbreak. This is in a way an apt 
illustration of the uncertainties of the 
milk producing business. Many who 
have been in it in the past and are now 
out are feeling well satisfied they are 
out of it. as nowadays you never know 
what is coming next. In the past year 
or more many independent dealers using 
from 100 to 700 cans daily have tried 
buying from the farmers direct. Some 
are still doing so and will, I hope, con¬ 
tinue. Others have gone back to buying 
from the large contractors because of 
being able to obtain the exact amount 
they may need, be it more or less, while 
they could not be sure of so doing by 
buying direct. Others have sold out or 
perhaps been forced out. It is an unrea¬ 
sonable stand to take to wish to sell to 
a peddler for a few cents above the con¬ 
tractor’s price, and yet expect this same 
peddler to take all we make, and just 
when we happened to be making it. It 
usually happens we have too much milk 
when he does not need it, and probably 
cannot use it without loss, and when he 
needs more than we are sending him we 
are apt to be short, and not able to let 
him have it. The fair way to do is if 
we are receiving a good advance above 
the average price paid, to try to meet 
his needs wore closely. If he has too 
much at certain times hold some of our 
supply back and use it at home in various 
ways as seems best, and try to keep him 
supplied when he needs a little more 
than he is receiving. If we would do 
this I believe a much more satisfactory 
feeling would result all round, and these 
buyers would stick and not change, as 
is too often occurring now, since this 
independent buying has been tried out. 
A. e. P. 
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