Edwards v. Griffin

CarletoN Harris, Chief Justice.

Dr. E. A. Gibbons, a non-resident, owned certain lands in Independence County. He died intestate in 1918, and was survived by Ms widow, Mrs. Mina Gibbons, and three children, Mrs. Marie "Wanderscheid, Balph Z. Gibbons and Cecil C. Gibbons. Mrs. Mina Gibbons had only a life estate in the property.

Appellee, Clyde Griffin, leased these lands from Mrs. Gibbons, for the term of five years, the lease to expire December 31, 1955, and later obtained another lease from Mrs. Gibbons which was to commence upon the expiration of the first lease, and was to run another five…