Evans v. Davies

This is a case of forcible entry and detainer. It concerns the claim of defendants, as tenants, to the right to occupy a farm for an additional year commencing at the termination of their oral lease on March 1, 1942. They base, their claim upon plaintiff’s failure, as landlord, to give notice on or before November 1, 1941, as required by section 10161, Code of Iowa, 1939. No question of the sufficiency of pleadings arises.

Plaintiff by amendments to his petition pleads: That during the summer and fall of 1941 the parties impliedly agreed to terminate the tenancy as of March 1, 1942, arid…