Ennis v. Ring

— This case is before us for the second time. The first appeal followed a nonsuit granted at the close of plaintiffs’ case, Ennis v. Ring, 49 Wn. (2d) 284, 300 P. (2d) 773 (1956).

February 15, 1944, Walter S. Wynhoff and Ethel O. Wynhoff, his wife, executed a lease of a 4,300-acre ranch to Harold E. Ring and Edwin W. Ring. It provided for a term of ten years and one month, terminating April 1, 1954, and an annual cash rental of $1,700. The rent was to be paid on or before December 1st of each year, with the exception of rent for the last year, which was payable on or before October 1, 1954,…