Wafer v. Edwards

RENFRO, Justice.

This suit was brought in the District Court of Wharton County by appellant Wafer against appellee Edwards for actual and exemplary damages growing out of the breach of a share-crop lease contract. The lease was for a five-year period beginning in 1950, covering a 37-acre tract of land. The appellant farmed the tract in 1950, but the appellee would not permit him to cultivate said land for the balance of the lease term.

Trial was had to .the court without a jury and resulted in a judgment for appellee. The court filed extensive findings of fact and conclusions of law. The…