Providence Land Services, LLC v. Jones

In the 1970s, the Howells leased 25 individual lake-adjacent lots with the lease term running from execution until "indefinite"; after Providence Land Services (defendant) acquired the Howells' interest in 2008, it treated the leases as tenancies at will and issued new leases with increased rent and a 30-day termination clause. The tenants (plaintiffs) sued, presenting evidence of significant improvements they'd made and verbal assurances from the Howells that they could stay as long as they wanted, and the trial court found the leases were actually for 99-year terms.