Winn v. Turner

Did this oral year-to-year farm lease in Illinois commence on March 1 or the prior fall?

The trial judge found that it began the first of March.

We agree and we affirm.

Pursuant to an oral lease, Willis Winn began farming over 190 acres owned by John and Mary Turner in the fall of 1969 and continued through the crop year of 1976. On September 24,1976, the Turners gave Winn a written notice to quit under the lease. Winn then filed a complaint for declaratory judgment stating the notice was not properly served upon him four months prior to the commencement date of his year-to-year lease, which he…