Atwood v. Hayes

FOSTER, C.

This action was begun in the district court of Muskogee county on September 30, 1925, by Seth B. Atwood, as trustee for himself and several other persons, to recover an amount alleged to be due as rentals under a 99-year lease contract, against J. E. Hayes and Earl H. Sheets, as assignees of said contract, and liable for the rent thereunder. A judgment before a jury in the district court was rendered in favor of the plaintiff, Seth B. Atwood, as trustee, against J. E. Hayes only for the amount which the said J. E. Hayes admitted he owed and tendered into court. The plaintiff was…