Schreck v. T & C Sanderson Farms, Inc.

Opinion by

Judge CASEBOLT.

In this action involving a purchase option in a real estate lease, defendants, T & C Sanderson Farms, Inc., Margaret E. Sander-son, and Thomas C. Sanderson, appeal the judgment granting specific performance to plaintiffs, David Schreck and Martha Schreck. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Plaintiffs leased a portion of defendants' farm for the 1997 crop-growing season. The written agreement provided that the lease would commence on April 1, 1997, continue through harvest in the fall of 1997, and end no later than November 1, 1997. The agreement also contained a…