Emrich v. Connell

Petitioners—the general partners, C. Richard Connell and George E. Toles, and various limited partners of Issaquah Farms Unlimited — are owners and lessors of real property situated in Issaquah, Washington. The lessees, respondents Linn and Marian Emrich, operate a recreational airport on this property. They brought an action seeking to prevent petitioners from exercising a right of termination expressly provided for in the written lease, claiming that petitioners had orally agreed not to terminate the lease until the property was "ready to be developed." The trial court admitted evidence of…