Eslinger v. Keith

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Appellee Maurine Neal, through her attorney in fact Amos Keith, filed a dispossessory proceeding against Donald Eslinger as a tenant holding over. Maurine Neal is the owner of a 300-acre tract of land, a large part of which is used for farming. She entered into a series of crop leases with Eslinger whereby he could live and work on the farm and would receive a portion of the proceeds from the crops he harvested. The last ten-year lease entered in January 1984 provided that “all other lease agreements prior to this current date will be cancelled by the signing of this…