Schaengold v. Behen

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Knight

— Reversing.

This is a suit by appellant, plaintiff below, for specific performance of a lease and option contract alleged to have been entered into with him by appellee, defendant below. The lower court having sustained a demurrer to the appellant’s petition as amended, he prosecutes this appeal.

The petition, as amended, states that on May 7, 1945, appellant and appellee, a married woman, entered into a contract in writing by which she agreed to lease to him for a period of 20 years, beginning June 1, 1945, her undivided one-half interest in and to a tract…