Pirkle v. Cassity

ALLRED, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a resident citizen of Louisiana, sues defendant, a citizen of Texas, for debt, alleging:

In 1942, plaintiff’s husband (now deceased) rented defendant a Texas plantation for 10 years beginning January 1, 1943, for a consideration of $15,OOQ, to be paid in semi-annual installments of $750 each, payabe on the first day of January and July of each year, commencing January 1, 1943. The contract was in writing and provided that failure to pay any four installments of rent when due should, at the landlord’s option, mature the whole. It further provided that all…