Knutson v. Knutson

This is an action under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Law to establish the existence and terms of an alleged oral farm lease. The trial court found the evidence insufficient to establish a lease and entered a negative judgment. The plaintiff appeals.

The plaintiff’s father, Arne 0. Knutson, Sr., owned a quarter-section farm in Brookings County until his death on June 18, 1955. He resided thereon during his lifetime with his second wife, Nettie Knutson, the defendant herein. From 1951 until his father’s death the plaintiff rented the crop and pasture land on this farm under an oral lease.…