Gillette v. Storm Circle Ranch

BAKES, Justice.

Defendant appellants Storm Circle Ranch and Blincoe Farms, Inc., bring this appeal from a district court judgment holding that they were unjustly enriched by work done by plaintiff respondent Frank Gillette. We have reviewed the proof presented at trial *665and hold that the evidence and the trial court’s findings and conclusions drawn therefrom do not support the unjust enrichment award entered against the defendants. Accordingly, we reverse.

In 1975 Gillette and Storm Circle executed a written lease agreement by which Gillette, the lessee, was entitled to possession of farmland…