Metzer v. Connally Realty Company

(After stating the foregoing facts.) Upon the trial the undisputed evidence showed the following facts: Mrs. Metzer first rented the rooms in question on January 1, 1935, and remained in possession thereof until the bringing of this suit in 1946, and paid her rent every month during all of those years; that when she and Ben A. Jones, agent for the landlord, entered into the oral-rental contract on January 1, 1935, the agreement was that she should pay the rent by the month, but nothing was said about the termination of the contract and there was no agreement or stipulation as to the duration…