Keller v. Bolding

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] Mildred Bolding, individually and as Trustee of the Kamrath Family Trust appealed from a judgment entered in Robert Keller’s action for intentional interference with his farm lease contract. We conclude the trial court’s findings that Bolding wrongfully terminated Keller’s lease and that Keller was entitled to recover $20,000 for lost profits are not clearly erroneous. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] On November 1, 1999, Keller leased from Bolding farmland he had previously leased from Bolding’s parents for 16 years. The lease covered 402 acres, of which 343 were subject to…