Betterton v. Anderson

Appellee sued appellant before a justice of the peace to recover tbe sum of $187, alleged to be due for rent of land, and also caused an attachment to be issued and levied on certain property. . Appellant’s defense was that he was not to pay money rent, but was to pay a share of the crop. The case was tried before a jury, and, after the jury was impaneled,’ appellant paid to appellee, or to the constable, the sum of $30.50 as rent on the hay land, leaving a balance of $156.50, which was the rent claimed on corn land. The jury returned a verdict in the following form: “We, the jury, find a…