Leonhardt v. Leonhardt

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] In this dispute, between family members over agricultural land, the circuit court concluded that neither an oral agreement for a lifetime lease nor a right of first refusal existed.

Background

[¶ 2.] In 2010, Terry and Cindy Leon-hardt (the Leonhardts) brought suit against Terry’s father, Delbert Leonhardt, for specific performance of an oral lease and right of first refusal. The Leonhardts alleged that they had entered into an oral lease with Delbert in 1988, whereby they would have the right to lease Delbert’s farmland, approximately one thousand acres, during the…