Ehrler v. Worthen

Appellee, as assignee of a note made by appellant to Vanover, of date August 27, 1891, due one year after date, for $500, given for the rent of a farm, brought this suit and obtained a verdict for $365, which was sustained by the court.

The defense, set up by special plea, was that the consideration of the note was the yearly rental of a farm, located in the Mississippi bottom, which was subject to overflow, and that the written lease therefor, which was concurrent with the note, provided that in case the water did overflow or damage the crops on said land, then that the rent should be reduced…