Johnson v. Wilson

1. Under the allegations of the petition the court did not err in overruling the demurrer.

2. Under a proper construction of the contract which is the basis of the present suit,'it is a contract of lease, with the option on the part of the lessee to purchase the property involved within three years from the date of the lease. The lessor is estopped from denying the transfer of the lease contract to the transferee, for the reason that he accepted the rent due from the transferee until the latter declined to further pay rent because the lessor declined to execute a deed to the property to him on…