Kimball v. Lincoln

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PADGETT, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the appellee landlord in a dispute that is essentially one of whether there was a valid and subsisting lease of agricultural land.

The agreement between the appellant, as lessee, and the appellee, as lessor, was executed on January 12, 1988 and acknowledged by both parties. Subsequently, the appellee signed, before a notary and a witness, a document dated August 23,1988, in which she stated in part:

I reaffirm my property lease of January 12,1988 to Mark Kimball and instruct Mr. Bartsch to hand over the lease agreement…