Orebaugh v. Leatherwood

SMITH, J.:

Valere Orebaugh appeals the district court’s judgment declaring that Carl and Michelle Leatherwood substantially complied with the statutory requirements for termination of a farm tenancy and that Orebaugh was not entitled to plant wheat on a portion of the land in the fall of 1998.

Beginning in 1995, Orebaugh farmed a tract of ground owned by Norval and Keith Jackson. Their agreement was oral and was a year-to-year tenancy. This was a typical agrarian arrangement where the tenant received % of the crop produced and tire owner received Vs. It was customary in the vicinity to leave…