Ryan v. Sioux Gun Club

In this action plaintiffs seek to have a lease of certain real property in Union County declared invalid and of no effect. The defendant, Sioux Gun Club, has acquired by assignment the rights of the lessee named in the lease. The plaintiffs and defendant, Adolphus Bru-neau, who refused to join as party plaintiff, have succeeded to the rights of the lessor. Plaintiffs seek to have the lease declared of no effect upon two principal grounds: First, that the lease comes within the prohibition contained in SDC 38.0403, which provides: “No lease or grant of agricultural land for a longer period…