Collins v. Cranford

CULPEPPER, Judge.

Plaintiff-lessee brings this action for a declaratory judgment decreeing the existence and validity of an agricultural lease on property owned by the defendants-lessors. In their answer, defendants denied the existence of the lease. In the alternative, in the event the court finds there is a lease, defendants by reconventional demand seek judgment declaring the lease terminated by failure of plaintiff to maintain the property in good condition as required by the lease. The trial court found plaintiff did in fact have a valid lease. However, on the recon-*588ventional demand, the…