Williams v. Barlow

The appellant, G. H. Williams, filed a hill in chancery against Mrs. Elsie Barlow and Mrs. Jennie D’Antoni alleging that for several years he had been renting from Mrs. Barlow, on a monthly basis, a restaurant building in the city of Picayune for a monthly rental of $35; that in September, 1945, he requested her to make certain needed repairs to the property and that they reached a mutual oral agreement to the effect that she would not expend any funds for that purpose, but would guarantee him a continuation of his occupancy for a period of five years at the same price if he would make the…