Estate of Link v. Wirtz

The trial court held it would be unconscionable to extend the lease for an additional twenty years at the same rental rate. One definition of unconscionable, found in The Random House Dictionary 1541 (1966), is “. . . not in accordance with what is just or reasonable . . . .”

Generally, mere inadequacy of price or a change in the value of property from the date the parties entered into the contract to the time of the action will not preclude enforcement of the contract as inequitable. Hochard v. Deiter, 219 Kan. 738, 742, 549 P.2d 970 (1976); Sutherland v. Sutherland, 187 Kan. 599, 605, 358…