Court Opinion

ID: 9853096
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 05:42:31.377484+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:22:40.780346
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Kaul, J.
(dissenting): In my opinion the lease in question is not *570ambiguous. The terms of possession were specifically spelled out according to the crops which the tenant might elect to plant.
It is my view the import of the language used in the habendum clause of the lease limited the tenant’s possession rights to one crop a year. The only logical reason for inserting the specific commencement and termination dates of possession for small grain and row crop land was to expressly limit the use of such land to one crop a year. The tenant, of course, had the right to elect to plant row crop in the spring and retain possession until the following December 1 or he could plant wheat in the fall and retain possession until the following July 15.
In my view the language used expressly prohibits what the tenant has attempted to do in the instant case, i. e., sow wheat in the fall and harvest soon enough to have a row crop planted by July 15, thereby extending his possession until the following December 1, and reap the benefit of two crops instead of one.
The ninth paragraph of the lease merely provides for the renewal of the lease for an additional year, subject to other terms of the lease with respect to possession. In my opinion it does not vary or contradict any of the terms of possession specifically set out in the habendum clause. I would affirm the judgment of the trial court.