McPheeters v. Birkholz

Defendants A. W. Birkholz, his wife Maria, and their son Arthur N., owned 380 acres of farm land, on which were buildings, stock, implements and tools. Part of the land was owned by the son, part by the wife and part by the husband and wife. They advertised for a tenant. Plaintiff, a young married man, an agriculturist, taught and trained, lived in Minnesota. He answered the advertisement. He met the Birkholz men. A lease on shares was prepared and signed by the three men on June 16, 1917. Plaintiff learned later of the interest of Mrs. Birkholz. The writing contained an undertaking to sell…