Peterson v. McCarney

SAND, Justice.

Peterson, the plaintiff, appealed from a judgment in his favor against Elizabeth McCarney, defendant-appellee, issued by the district court, Burke County, fifth judicial district.

Originally, in 1957 Peterson entered into an oral lease with Huttner, the father of Mrs. McCarney, and farmed his land on a crop share basis. Elizabeth McCarney, ap-pellee (hereinafter McCarney), acquired title to this land in 1967. She continued the oral lease with Peterson to farm the land on a one-half crop share basis. In accordance with the oral lease, McCarney paid one-half of the expenses for…