Waldrip v. Grisham

On the first day of January, 1908, Elizabeth F. Waldrip leased to W. E. Grisham her farm in Independence County, for the term of five years, at an annual rental of $1,375. The lease was reduced to writing and signed by the parties. The lessor bound herself to keep the building and fences on the premises in reasonable repair during the term of the lease. The lease further provided that in case of a general overflow of White River, whereby the crops on the low lands of said leased premises should be destroyed, the rent on the land so damaged should be deducted from the total annual rent at the…