Yeadon v. Graham

This is a suit for an injunction and declaratory judgment involving a 1966 mineral lease giving plaintiffs the right to remove rock from land owned by defendants Graham near Gaston in Yamhill County. Claiming that the lease had been terminated, defendants Graham entered into another lease in 1974 with defendant Peter Kiewit Sons Co. to remove rock from the same land for use in construction of the Scoggins Valley Dam. ■

The trial court held by its decree:

“That plaintiffs did not perform the covenants of the lease, as expressly understood by the parties, in that they failed to pay rent as…