Gromer v. Watson

This suit involves the construction of a farm lease. Plaintiffs were denied the relief they sought in the trial court and have appealed.

Plaintiffs, George S. and lea L. Gromer, husband and wife, are the owners of 280 acres of land in DeKalb County, Missouri. Defendants are father and son and had been plaintiffs’ tenants on said farm for two years prior to March 1, 1949. The written lease between the parties which is here involved bears date of August 10, 1948, but was not actually executed until January 10, 1949. The name of plaintiff, lea L. Gromer, does not appear in the lease. Its term was…