Fletcher v. Gier

— Defendants, Robert L. Gier and wife, appeal from a judgment awarding plaintiff, LeRoy Fletcher, rental under a written lease that was technically defective because it was not acknowledged and did not contain a proper legal description.

*222Plaintiff was an employee of Welch Foods, Inc., a division of National Grape Cooperative Association, at Kenne-wick, Washington. In addition to this employment, plaintiff operated certain vineyards near Kennewick. In 1967 he was transferred to the east coast and as a consequence advertised in the local newspaper for a tenant to operate his vineyards. The…