Keller v. Martin

Suit by plaintiff for specific performance of a lease and option to purchase ranch lands. Defendants counterclaimed for (1) an accounting of proceeds of sales of livestock, hay and pasturage, (2) possession of the ranch lands, and (3) damages for unlawful detainer. From a judgment denying specific performance and granting defendants’ counterclaims, plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff is Mary M. Keller, a widow with two teen-age children, who went into possession of the ranch as a tenant at will and seeks specific performance of an alleged subsequent oral lease and option to purchase. Defendants are…