Menrow v. Pool

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

The plaintiff purchased of the defendant certain real estate which was leased to one Bennett until February of the following year. By the terms of this lease Bennett was to pay, in addition to a certain portion of the crop, $100 on the first of the following December, without interest until due. For this sum he had given his note to the defendant. The lease was assigned to the defendant and the note was delivered to him. In the settlement between the plaintiff and the tenant Bennett the latter was charged with the full amount of the note,…