Wilkinson v. Searls

Calhoun, Judge:

This case, on appeal from a final judgment of the Circuit Court of Lincoln County, involves a civil action instituted in that court by J. E. Wilkinson, as the plaintiff, against Ada Searls, as the defendant, for recovery of rent alleged to be owed to the plaintiff by the defendant pursuant to the terms of a written lease agreement by which the plaintiff leased to the defendant certain real estate.

By an order entered on September 15, 1970, the trial court awarded a summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant in the amount of $700, representing rent for…