Higley v. Woodard

WINMILL, Judge pro tern.

This is an appeal from a decision of the district court adopting the findings of fact and conclusions of law of a special master appointed to preside over an accounting requested by the plaintiffs 1 regarding the defendants’ duty to pay rent under a written farm lease. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

The relevant facts may be summarized as follows. Dale T. and Helen B. Smedley (Smedley) acquired fee title, through a land exchange, to 736 acres of real property near Salmon, Idaho. Smedley did not intend to use the property for farming and ranching purposes…