Opinion ID: 1979670
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Heading: Mismanagement and machinery

Text: Hutton argues that, because all of Janz's cattle and machinery were liquidated at a foreclosure sale in 1984, Janz does not have the proper tools and farm machinery to operate the ranch and that there is a clear violation of the lease provisions which required Janz to provide the proper machinery and farm the land. While the lease required Janz to furnish machinery at his expense, we have not been persuaded that Janz was required to own the machinery needed to carry on and cultivate said farm. Thus, we are not persuaded that Janz breached the lease in this regard. Hutton has asserted that Janz violated the lease provision requiring him to operate the ranch in a good and husbandlike manner and has drawn our attention to evidence of poor husbandry. The trial court stated in its findings of fact: