Long v. Mooring

BLAIR, Justice.

Appellee, V. R. Mooring, sued appellants, W. F. Long and W. B. Click, for $1,600, which the jury found appellants agreed to pay him for his 1943 crop of oats on a 112-acre tract of land. Appellee had leased the land from R. D. Sneed for the year ending December 31, 1943, paying the rental in advance. Appellants were operating a school for training aviation cadets near Brady, Texas, for service in the United States Army and Navy, and desired to lease the 112-acre tract for air field purposes in connection with the school. Negotiations with appellee and Sneed, the owner, resulted…