Simpson v. McCormmach

Gladys Evelyn Thompson (Thompson) was the life tenant of certain real property under her late husband’s will. She leased the property to a farming concern, which was to grow crops on it and to pay her as rent 40 percent of the crops after they were harvested. Thompson died in 1991, after her lessee had planted the next season’s crops but before they were harvested. Plaintiff holds a remainder interest in the property under Thompson’s husband’s will. He brought this declaratory judgment action against defendants, who are Thompson’s personal representatives and heirs, contending that he is…