Rhodes v. Sigler

Plaintiff, alleged tenant of defendants’ farmlands, brought action for possession against the defendants under the Forcible Entry and Detainer Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 57) for their failure to have given him timely written notice of termination of their oral lease. The cause was tried without a jury. Defendants appeal from a judgment entered for plaintiff by the Circuit Court of Henry County; they ask that judgment be entered for them.

The question at issue in the circuit court was whether the oral agreement between the parties constituted a lease for a fixed term of 1 year, expiring…