Poundstone

This is an action of unlawful detainer. Judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiffs and the defendant has appealed.

The defendant went into possession of 700 acres of land belonging to the plaintiffs under a lease dated March 1, 1927, but not signed by the defendant until March 21, 1927. It appears that the plaintiffs had orally agreed to lease the land to the plantiff about the first of March, but that by reason of the defendant’s objections to some of the details of the lease he did not sign it until the time mentioned. The plaintiffs signed the lease several days prior to March 21st, and left it with their attorney, at whose office it was understood the defendant was to sign it. When the defendant finally expressed his willingness to sign the lease the plaintiffs, on account of the lateness of the season for preparing so large an acreage for rice, required the defendant to sign an indorsement on the lease reading as follows: “As a further consideration of the above lease said second party agrees that he will move upon said land and commence operations under said lease on or before the 24th day of March, 1927.” Among the terms of the lease were the following:

The court…