McKelvey v. Terry

JONES, Justice.

This appeal involves a suit for damages based on improvements which the plaintiff made to property rented from the defend*633ants under an oral agreement. After a trial without a jury, the court determined that the plaintiff was not entitled to relief.

In April 1982 DeWayne McKelvey entered into an oral agreement with Edna and Curtis Terry to rent their commercial property in North Courtland, Alabama. McKel-vey wished to operate a laundry and a cafe on the premises. Mrs. Terry initially told McKelvey she wanted to sell the property for $30,000, but he allegedly responded that the…