Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Inc v. Dennis Jordan

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

This diversity landlord-tenant dispute presents two questions on appeal: whether the lease to certain farmland was renewed by actions that did not include a sufficient manifestation of intent to renew, and whether 34 greenhouses constructed on the property are “trade fixtures” such that the tenant was entitled to remove them at the end of the lease. The landlord is correct that, under Kentucky law, the lease was not renewed. However, Kentucky law makes clear that the greenhouses are trade fixtures that the tenant was entitled to remove.

Plaintiff Alabama Farmers…