Haase v. Richmond

Plaintiff brought suit to specifically enforce the option-to-purchase portion of a 5-year lease which he and defendant-owner executed March 14, 1971. Inter alia, the contract reserved $85 per month rent unto defendant, which plaintiff faithfully paid, and provided that plaintiff “may purchase at any time said property [during the] next 5 years for the purchase price of $22,000.” The Circuit Court of Lawrence County obliged plaintiff and defendant appealed. 1

Defendant was a single woman when the contract relating to her farm was signed. She had no dealings with plaintiff prior to execution.…