GARY TURNER, Plaintiff-Respondent v. JANET L. WESSLAK and ROBERT WESSLAK

This case involves a “Pasture Lease” (the lease) signed by Jan Wesslak (Jan) as landlord and Gary Turner (Turner) as tenant. 1 The land subject to the lease was purchased by Jan with money she inherited from her mother, and title to the land was in Jan’s name alone. After a dispute arose concerning the lease, Turner filed a two-count petition against Jan and her husband, Bob Wesslak (Bob). The two pleaded theories of recovery were breach of the written lease and quantum meruit. Following a bench trial, the trial court entered judgment in favor of Turner and against the Wesslaks on both counts…