Franklin Farms, LLC v. N. Am. Auction Co.

Franklin Farms, LLC appeals the trial court's judgment that found voidable by operation of the Statute of Frauds a 2008 lease of farmland between Franklin Farms and Respondents North American Auction Company, a Missouri corporation, and Witness in the Wilderness, a Missouri non-profit corporation, both of which entities were owned by Curtis Rodgers.

This dispute began in October 2013 when Respondents ordered Franklin Farms off the leased land because Respondents wanted to sell a portion of it to a third party. Litigation began in January 2014, in which each side brought breach of contract…