Coker v. Hughes

CHAPMAN, Justice.

This suit was instituted by R. A. Coker, appellant herein, against George C. Hughes, appellee, upon a lease contract to recover rentals, which he asserts had accrued from January 1, 1955, through July, 1956, and without prejudice to appellant’s right to recover for the other five months of 1956. The lease contract provided a beginning date of January 1, 1955 and a terminal date of December 31, 1957, on the basis of $300 per month. At the time of the execution of the contract Hughes paid the first month’s rent of $300 and the last year’s rent of $3,600.

Appellee occupied the…