Jackson v. Coons

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Tilford

Affirming.

In February, 1938, tbe appellee, John B. Gorham, verbally leased to the appellee, W. T. Coons, 460 acres of land located in Fayette County, Kentucky, for a term beginning March 1, 1938, and ending March 1, 1939, at an agreed rental of $4,250, one-half of which was to be paid in cash on September 1, 1938, and one-half on March 1, 1939. The lessee sublet certain portions of the land to tenants for the purpose of raising corn and tobacco on shares. On June 20, 1938, the lessee, Coons, together with his wife, executed a chattel mortgage to the…