Grove v. Miles

Citations

• 85 Ill. 85

Syllabus

<p>1. Contract—compensation for labor, etc., on mill. Where a party, who has employed another to erect and complete a mill and put in the necessary machinery for one-half interest therein, interferes with the work, and takes control of and directs - it, he will have no right to make extravagant and wasteful expenditures as against the other party, and he will have no right to change the plans so as to increase the cost which he seeks to recover.</p> <p>2. Tenant in common—when chargeable with rents. Where a party having the legal title agrees with another to convey him one-half of the title in consideration of his completing a mill upon the property, and after-wards takes charge of the work and completes the same, if he rents the mill, or could have done so, and refused or neglected when good, responsible tenants could have been had, he will be required to account to the other party for half, of a fair rent.</p>