Duckworth v. Michel

The plaintiff brought this action to obtain the possession of farm lands under the terms of a written and duly executed lease. The defendants, the owners of the land and the lessors, after demurring to the complaint, defended on the theory that the lease had been surrendered by mutual agreement, or that the plaintiff was by his own acts estopped to claim otherwise.

After a trial on the merits, the trial court made findings of fact and conclusions of law and entered a judgment awarding to the plaintiff the possession for which he prayed, upon the condition that he pay into the registry of the…