Wootton v. Bishop

This suit was brought by W. O. Wootton, against J. J. Bishop and W. D. Bishop, to recover rent alleged to he due under a rental contract between one Herndon and the Bishops, whereby Herndon leased a certain one-half section of land in Lynn county, Tex., to the Bishops for cultivation during the year 1922, on agreement that they would pay and deliver to him one-fourth of all cotton, or the value thereof, and one-third of all corn, or the value thereof, grown1 on said land during said year. Plaintiff alleged that he had acquired the ownership of such land in the manner hereinafter stated and…