Boettcher v. Van Lill

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Cecil County (Roney, J.), ordering the appellant, Josephine Boettcher to execute a valid lease to Dolores Van Lili, who is appellee both individually and as executrix of the estate of Arthur Van Lili, her late husband. The seeds of this dispute were sown more than twenty-seven years ago when, in 1944, Frank Boettcher, deceased husband of appellant, entered into a written agreement to lease a portion of his farm to Arthur Van Lili. 1 The description of the property contained in that written memorandum was:

“THE LESSOR does hereby let unto…