Brinkley v. Walcott

The defendants were the tenants of the plaintiff, of a store house in Memphis, under a written lease for the term of one year, commencing on the 1st day *23of September, 1866, and ending the 31st of August, 1867, at a yearly rent of $6,000, payable monthly in advance. Before the expiration of this lease — on the 20th July, 1867 — Goodloe, the plaintiff’s agent, by the direction of the plaintiff, notified the defendants that if they held over after the expiration of the old lease— 31st. August — they would have to take the premises for the succeeding year at $5,000, payable in monthly…