Johnson v. Fitzke

Matson, Justice.

Appeal by defendants from a judgment declaring that defendants have no right, title, or interest in or to certain farm premises other than as tenants.

We are primarily concerned with the question whether the defendants, by virtue of a so-called option clause contained in a farm lease and a subsequent oral agreement, have acquired a right to pur chase the demised premises from their lessor to the exclusion of a third-party purchaser. Plaintiff Clifford A. McCloskey, herein called McCloskey, is the owner or lessor. E. W. Johnson, the other plaintiff, herein called Johnson, is the…