Lincoln v. Harvey

BOND, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment entered by a district court of Dallas County in favor of each of the ap-pellees (eight in number) against the eight appellants respectively, in reference ' to separable lease contracts entered into by the appellees with the appellants, J. V. Lincoln and wife Lela Lincoln, in which each claims a valid subsisting lease on residential property, located in the City of Dallas, for the “duration of the war at a rental of $50.00 per month.” Each contract was oral, made at a different time and place, and in no way contingent upon fee…