Bennett v. Pratt

This is a suit by the plaintiff lessee, Paul James Bennett, against the defendant-owner, Fern Pratt, for specific performance of an alleged oral five-year lease of farm property. After trial on the merits the circuit court dismissed the suit, awarded immediate possession of the farm to the defendant, and gave judgment against the plaintiff for $250 and costs. The plaintiff appeals. .

The complaint alleges ownership by the defendant of the Pratt Farm (the description of which was stipulated) consisting of about 130 acres near Sandy, Oregon, and that on 7 June 1960

“plaintiff entered into an oral…