Maxwell v. Urban

GILL, Associate Justice.

—In 1893 Clarence Gordy was occupying a tract of land as his home. The land belonged to his minor daughter, Annie, who resided with him. Though the natural guardian of her person, he was not the guardian of her estate, and the record does not disclose that at that time any such guardianship existed. On the 15th day of December, 1893, Clarence Gordy, by written instrument, leased this land to the appellant for a term of five years at a yearly rental of $125 per year, ¡Dayable on the first day of December of each year to Clarence Gordy or his order. The lease recited…