Pilla v. Estate of Pilla

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Two co-executors of the estate of Maria Pilla appeal from the action of the trial court ordering specific performance of an option contract given by Maria Pilla to her son John.

The option contract was contained in a lease executed between Maria, John, and another son Michael in 1974. It provided for a ten year lease of a 484 acre farm in Montgomery County, Missouri. The lease was to commence on January 5, 1975, with rent of $20,300 payable at the end of each lease year. The option allowed purchase of the. farm by lessees for $390,000 at any time during the term of the…