Conolley v. Power

Plaintiff leased to “R. O. Payton, J. A. Payton, J. H. Payton and J. B. Payton, as co-partners doing business under the firm name and style of Payton Bros.,” for a term of three years from the first day of September, 1921, certain lands, livestock, and machinery. The terms of the lease material to the determination of this appeal are as follows:

“The lessor leases to the lessees cows and hogs on said premises and, as rental therefor, the lessees agree to pay to the lessor fifty per cent of the gross returns received from said cows and hogs. Settlement to be made on the first day of each month…