The plaintiffs, who are farmers, entered into a three-year lease agreement to farm the defendant's land.
The defendant repudiated the lease after the first year, claiming she signed it under duress and that the plaintiffs breached the agreement by failing to provide specific fertilizer application records.
The court rejected the duress defence, finding the defendant signed voluntarily and allowed the plaintiffs to farm the land for eight months.
The court also found that the alleged breach regarding fertilizer records did not amount to substantial non-performance justifying termination.
The plaintiffs were awarded damages for lost profits for the remaining two years of the lease.
