Thomas v. Dudrey

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

This action was brought to recover damages for the violation of the rights of a tenant-operator of land under a conservation reserve contract. The trial court entered judgment in *685favor of the tenant-operator against the purchaser of the land and her husband. The husband had been substituted as tenant-operator in a revised contract in place of the plaintiff.

Some background facts are necessary.

In 1949 Ruth Oden, a non-resident, owned the NW % of Section 2, Township 24, Range 14, in Stafford County, Kansas. She leased the land for two years to…