Johnson v. McKeon

The plaintiff is a son-in-law of the defendant James M. McKeon, hereafter called the defendant. Subsequent to his marriage,, the plaintiff and defendant entered into a land contract for the purchase by the plaintiff of a farm belonging to the defendant. Thereafter said farm was deeded to the plaintiff, who gave back a mortgage for $17,000. The plaintiff was unable to comply with the terms of the mortgage, so the defendant took back the farm but leased it to the plaintiff under a written lease which contained an option permitting the plaintiff to elect to purchase the farm.

The lease was…