Lewis v. Miller

This is a suit for reformation of a crop lease and for a judgment for the reasonable value of summer fallow existing at the termination of the lease agreement. From a judgment in favor of the lessee on both counts, the lessor appeals.

Z. R. Lewis, the plaintiff-respondent, and W. D. Miller, the defendant-appellant, hereinafter respectively called “Lessee” and “Lessor”, on October 1, 1943, entered into an agreement of lease and rental of Lessor’s farm lands situated near Alicel in Union county, Oregon. The lease was for a term of five years but was later extended by written agreement for a…