Lane v. Ozias

Citations

• 114 Kan. 46
• 217 P. 331
• 1923 Kan. LEXIS 13

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Landlord and Tenant — Oral Lease for One Year to Begin in Future — Lease Void — Statute of Frauds. A lease of farming land for a term of one year beginning at a future date is an estate in land “exceeding one year in duration” and cannot be performed “within the space of one year from the making thereof,” within the meaning of the statute of frauds; and a lease so made by an agent without authority in writing signed by the party to be charged thereby is void; and the principal, disclosed or undisclosed, cannot be held in damages for failure to deliver possession of the land pursuant to such unauthorized contract of lease.</p>