Freeman v. Ruth

The plaintiff recovered a judgment against the defendant under sections 6893 and 6895, Revised Statutes 1919, as assignee of rents on lands due for the year 1922. The facts of the case, as appear from the record, are as follows: One Doherty owned some lands on the 1st day of March, 1922, and rented them to J. W. Hargrove for the 1922 season. The cash rent was $500. Two notes for $250 each were executed by Hargrove to Doherty, payable during the year, and which the evidence expressly shows were not accepted as payment of rent but merely to evidence the amount of the rent. In the face of the…