Marshall v. Smith

SPEER, Justice.

Plaintiffs Charles P. Marshall and his wife Gracie Alice Marshall sued defendants H. P. Smith, F. M. Stephenson, Jr., and L. E. Clements to cancel a written lease on real estate, for possession, and damages for the value of personalty alleged to have been converted by defendants.

Tried to the court without a jury, a take-nothing judgment was entered and plaintiffs have appealed. Parties will carry same designation here as in the trial court.

Plaintiffs plead that they entered into the lease contract with Smith and Stephenson, Jr. for a term of five years beginning with September…