Fee v. Fee

Pauline Fee filed an action against her stepson, Dwight Fee, involving a 10-year written lease entered in 1978 for a farm in Richardson County. Pauline’s petition contained three causes of action seeking, first, rescission of the lease on account of Dwight’s misrepresentation as an inducement to the lease; second, a determination that Dwight had “forfeited” his interest in the lease as a result of abuse and misuse of the leasehold; and, third, if the court found the “ ‘Farm Lease’ is in effect,” a declaratory judgment concerning a provision in the lease regarding allocation of expenses…