Rogers v. Hill

Appellant Rogers, defendant below, appeals from a verdict and judgment in favor of appel-lees, plaintiffs below, in an unlawful detainer action involving certain farm lands in Craighead County.

Rogers was in possession of the premises during the crop year 1949 as a tenant of the owner, Neal Green. Ap-pellees, who are brothers, entered into negotiations with Green in November, 1949, for the purchase of this farm. Appellees are farmers who had been renting other lands as tenants, and who desired to buy the farm now in litigation for their home. During the negotiations the question arose whether…