Risk v. Risher

Mrs. Risher, appellee, as complainant in a bill in equity in this cause, sought, among other things to impress a trust for her use and benefit upon a rental contract made between Mrs. Risk, as lessor, aiid Mr. Hart, as lessee, covering a certain two-story building in the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The chancellor decreed Hart to be such trustee, from which decree Mrs. Risk and Mr. Hart appeal.

When the Risk-Hart lease was executed there was an existing lease on the foregoing premises made by Mrs. Risk as lessor to Mrs. Risher as lessee, and Mr. Hart was in possession of a part of the…