Manges v. Willoughby

BARROW, Chief Justice.

This is a dual appeal from a.judgment rendered on a jury verdict whereby appel-lees, R. B. Willoughby and wife, recovered a joint and several judgment in the sum of $17,956, less an escrow deposit of $4,105.78, from appellant, Clinton Manges, and appellant, Harry I. Neuman, for breach of a written lease contract.

On November 1, 1963, appellees entered into a written agreement with Neuman 1 whereby appellees’ 1,002-acre farm in Za-vala County was leased for a term of five years for an agreed rental of $25,000 per year. Lessee agreed, among other covenants, to deliver said…