North v. Kinney

On January 15, 1940, appellee Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company leased a 320-acre farm, which it owned, to appellants, Kinney and wife, for one year from March 1, 1940. Thereafter, the insurance company sold the farm to its coappellee, North, agreeing to deliver possession to him on March 1, 1941. On September 10, 1940, the lessor gave the lessees written notice by registered mail that the tenancy would terminate on March 1st following. The lessees refused to surrender the premises at the termination of the lease, whereupon the insurance company and the purchaser, North, instituted…