Riggs v. Meka

The only defense pleaded to plaintiff’s action was that plaintiff had failed to serve the notice terminating the 1943-1944 lease on March 1, 1944, as provided in section 10161, Iowa Code of 1939, which is:

“Agreement for termination. Where an agreement is made fixing the time of the termination of the tenancy, whether in writing or not, it shall cease at the time agreed upon, without notice. In the case of farm tenants, except mere croppers, occupying and cultivating an acreage of forty acres or more, the tenancy shall continue for the following crop year upon the same terms and conditions as…