Grove

The defendants appeal from an adverse judgment in an action to recover rentals claimed to be due under the terms of a written lease and for damages on account of the alleged loss and conversion of personal property while defendants were in possession of the leased premises.

The lease was entered into on December 7, 1925, between plaintiffs, J. D. Grove and wife, and the defendants Morris and Ingvason, doing business under the name of Certified Seed Farms Company, and the portions thereof necessary to be considered here read as follows-. “ . . . The said lessor do lease and let unto the said lessee, all those lands situate in Little Lake Valley, Mendocino County, California, known as the Groves Ranch, . . . containing approximately 1080 acres, for a period of one calendar year from the date of this contract, together with an option for the continuance of the time of this lease, under the terms and conditions herein set forth, up to and including December 6th, 1932, for a consideration of Two Thousand ($2,000.00') Dollars cash in hand paid, receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged under the following terms and conditions, to-wit: . . . The lessee shall also have full possession of…