Jarman v. Sexton

This is a controversy over damages for alleged breach of a lease in which defendant demised to plaintiff 160 acres of land in Holt county.

The petition contains in substance allegations that the lease was executed in writing and delivered May 21, 1934 ; that for $25 paid in cash plaintiff rented the land and the hay and the pasture growing thereon from May 1, 1934, to May 1, 1935; that defendant breached the lease August 13, 1934, and sent plaintiff a 25-dollar check, the amount of the rent paid; that the check was promptly returned; that defendant, without consent of plaintiff, rented the…