Leonhardt v. Leonhardt

SEVERSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Terry and Cindy Leonhardt allege that they entered into an oral lease with Terry’s father, Delbert Leonhardt, which was to extend for the lives of Delbert and his wife, Ellen Leonhardt. They claimed the oral lease contained a right of first refusal that Terry could exercise after the death of both Delbert and Ellen. Delbert later entered into a written lease with his grandson, Matthew Oswald. This written lease encompassed some of the farmland Terry and Cindy allege was part of their oral lease with Delbert. Terry and his wife, Cindy, initiated a declaratory judgment…