Aye v. Fix

Plaintiffs Ralph and Frances Bruski appeal the judgment of the Carter County District Court awarding them only $3,013.21 for the defendants’ occupation of certain state-leased land during the years 1971, 1977 and 1978, in derogation of the Bruskis’ right to possession.

The dispute between the parties centers on the right to occupy and farm a section of state-leased land known informally as the “school section” or the “school lands”, State Lease No. 49401. The parties have been embroiled in litigation over the property at both the trial and the appellate levels for nearly a decade. The case has…