James v. Johnson

BAYLESS, Y. C. J.

George James and others, plaintiffs ibelow, appeal from a judgment of the district court of Okmulgee county for R. Lee Johnson and others. The parties will be referred to as their interests appeared in the trial court.

The plaintiffs leased their building to R. Lee Johnson for the years 1930 and 1931, for an agreed sum payable monthly in advance. In the lease contract R. Lee Johnson gave the plaintiffs a chattel mortgage on all his hotel furniture and fixtures in the hotel 'as security for the payment of the rent. Johnson took possession of the property and conducted the…