Carr v. Deking
Court of Appeals of Washington
765 P.2d 40 (1988)
Joel Carr (plaintiff) and his father George co-owned farmland as tenants in common, leasing it to Deking (defendant) under a year-to-year oral crop-share agreement; when Joel asked to switch to cash rent, Deking instead entered a new ten-year lease with George alone, without Joel's knowledge, under different fertilizer-cost terms. Joel sued to eject Deking and invalidate the new lease; the trial court upheld the lease and limited Joel's crop share and fertilizer-cost obligations to one-sixth (his actual ownership share) rather than the one-third his prior arrangement provided.
Whether a tenant in common who refuses to join in a lease executed by the other co-tenant is entitled to eject the lessee from the property.