Schiewe v. Farwell

TROUT, Justice.

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BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

This is a landlord/tenant case involving an oral lease of . land and a contract under the federal Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). The plaintiff, Violet Schiewe (Schiewe), originally brought this suit as a declaratory judgment action in district court to determine her rights as a tenant on land owned by respondents, Irene and William Farwell (Farwells), Mary Curl (Curl) and Marian Basterrechea (Basterrechea). Far-wells leased the land from the other respondents and administered it, together with their own, as one parcel of approximately 2,800…