Way Going Crops - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: way going cropsAway-going, or Way-going crops
Away-going, or Way-going crops, crops sown during the last year of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration. The right which an out-going tenant has to take an away-going crop is sometimes given to him by the express terms of the contact, but, where that is not the case, he is generally entitled to do so by local custom or usage; such custom or usage has been held to be reasonable and valid, see Wigglesworth v. Dallison, 1 Sm LC, decided by Lord Mansfield in 1799, and to apply to tenants by parol agreement as well as by deed or written contract of demise, and this for the benefit and encouragement of agriculture; but modern farming agreements frequently bar any claim under it, and substitute a claim to compensation as found due by valuers....
Way-going crops
Way-going crops. See AWAY - GOING CROPS....
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