Davidson v. Frakes

KENNEDY, Judge.

The present case turns upon the issue whether defendant Frakes was the tenant of a certain 160-acre farm owned by plaintiffs, Dean Davidson and Denzil Davidson, or whether he was a sharecropper. If he was a tenant, his tenancy, being for agricultural purposes, was a year-to-year tenancy and he was entitled to 60 days’ written notice of intention to terminate. Sec. 441.-050, RSMo 1978. According to the trial court’s findings, hereafter discussed, such 60-day notice was not given by the landowner.

Plaintiffs contend, however, that Mr. Frakes was a sharecropper, not a tenant, and…