ENOTT v. HINKLE

No. 10224.

369 P.2d 413 (1962)

140 Mont. 206

Steve ENOTT, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. John HINKLE and Nellie Hinkle, his wife, and Philip Miller, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided February 27, 1962.

Rehearing Denied March 15, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emmett C. Angland (argued orally), Joseph R. Marra (argued orally), Great Falls, for appellants.

Wuerthner & Wuerthner, John P. Wuerthner (argued orally), Great Falls, for respondent.


DOYLE, Justice.

This action seeks a declaratory judgment construing an oral farm lease. The cause was tried before the court sitting without a jury. Judgment was entered for the plaintiff and defendants have taken this appeal.

From the record it appears that for a number of years the plaintiff had leased certain farm land from the defendants under an oral crop sharing arrangement. In the Fall of 1958 the parties had several conversations regarding their oral...

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