Fitts v. HANKS ET UX

This is an action to recover rent pursuant to the terms of a written lease, brought by Robert J. Fitts, as plaintiff, against James Hanks and Helen L. Hanks, as defendants. A verdict was returned and judgment entered in favor of the defendants. Plaintiff appeals.

On October 25,1950, defendants, as lessees, entered into a lease agreement with Herman Moritz and Myrtle Moritz, as lessors. The lease provides that lessees would rent for a term of four years certain real property which was a part of the Golden Gate Hop Ranch, located near Independence, in Polk county, Oregon, together with certain…