Smith v. Schriver

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

Plaintiff sued in ejectment, and from an order sustaining a demurrer to her testimony she appeals. The plaintiff’s father, H. C. Vawter, owned the land in controversy and leased it to the principal defendant’s father for a term of years expiring March 1, 1910, at an annual rental of $140. Before the lease expired the lessee died and the son became tenant for the remainder of the term. In the summer of 1909 Mr. Vawter was at the place and discussed with the defendant, Schriver, the further leasing to him of the land. The latter desired a…